Then a man ran to fill a sponge with sour wine, and he put it on the end of a cane and placed it to His lips, saying at the same time, »Wait! let us see whether Elijah will come and take him down.«
One of them ran forthwith, and filling a sponge with sour wine put it on the end of a cane and offered it Him to drink;
Here they offered Him wine mixed with myrrh; but He refused it.
Some of the bystanders, hearing Him, said, »Listen, he is calling for Elijah!«
But Jesus uttered a loud cry and yielded up His spirit.
And the soldiers also made sport of Him, coming and offering Him sour wine and saying,