At once one of them ran and got a sponge, filled it with sour wine, put it on a stick, and gave it to him to drink.
They gave me poison for food, and for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
they offered him wine to drink, mixed with gall, but when he tasted it, he would not drink it.
When some of the bystanders heard it, they said, “This man is calling for Elijah.”
But the others said, “Wait, let us see whether Elijah will come to save him.”
And someone ran, filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on a stick, and gave it to him to drink, saying, “Wait, let us see whether Elijah will come to take him down.”
The soldiers also mocked him, coming up and offering him sour wine