And straightway one of them ran, and took a sponge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.
They gave me also gall for my meat; And in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
they gave him wine to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted it, he would not drink.
And some of them that stood there, when they heard it, said, This man calleth Elijah.
And the rest said, Let be; let us see whether Elijah cometh to save him.
And one ran, and filling a sponge full of vinegar, put it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let be; let us see whether Elijah cometh to take him down.
And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, offering him vinegar,