And anon one of them running, took and filled a sponge with vinegar, and put [it] on a reed, and gave to him to drink.
And they gave gall into my meat; and in my thirst they gave to me drink with vinegar.
And they gave [to] him to drink wine meddled or mingled with gall; and when he had tasted, he would not drink.
And some men that stood there, and hearing, said, This calleth Elijah.
But others said, Suffer thou; see we whether Elijah come to deliver him.
And one ran, and filled a sponge with vinegar, and putted about to a reed, and gave him to drink, and said, Suffer ye, see we, if Elijah come to do him down.
And the knights nighed, and scorned him, and proffered [or offered] vinegar to him,