John 19:29 - Easy To Read Version There was a jar full of vinegar there. So the soldiers soaked a sponge in it. They put the sponge on a branch of a hyssop plant. Then they lifted it to Jesus’ mouth. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition A vessel (jar) full of sour wine (vinegar) was placed there, so they put a sponge soaked in the sour wine on [a stalk, reed of] hyssop, and held it to [His] mouth. American Standard Version (1901) There was set there a vessel full of vinegar: so they put a sponge full of the vinegar upon hyssop, and brought it to his mouth. Common English Bible A jar full of sour wine was nearby, so the soldiers soaked a sponge in it, placed it on a hyssop branch, and held it up to his lips. Catholic Public Domain Version And there was a container placed there, full of vinegar. Then, placing a sponge full of vinegar around hyssop, they brought it to his mouth. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Now there was a vessel set there full of vinegar. And they, putting a sponge full of vinegar and hyssop, put it to his mouth. |
{Solomon also knew very much about nature.} Solomon taught about many different kinds of plants—everything from the great cedar trees of Lebanon to the little vines that grow out of the walls. King Solomon also taught about animals, birds, and snakes. [25]
Use the hyssop plant and do the ceremony\par to make me pure.\par Wash me until I am whiter than snow!\par
Take bunches of hyssop [71] and dip them in the bowls filled with blood. Paint the blood on the sides and tops of the door frames. No one must leave his house until morning.
A clean person must take a hyssop [261] branch and dip it into the water. Then he must sprinkle it over the tent, the dishes, and the people who were in the tent. You must do this to anyone that touches a dead person’s body. You must do this to anyone that touches the body of someone killed in war and to anyone that touches a grave or the bones from a dead person.
At Golgotha, the soldiers gave Jesus wine to drink. This wine was mixed with gall. {\cf2\super [430]} Jesus tasted the wine but refused to drink it.
Quickly one of the people ran and got a sponge. That person filled the sponge with vinegar and tied the sponge to a stick. Then he used the stick to give the sponge to Jesus to drink from it.
Again Jesus cried with a loud voice. Then he died. {\cf2\super [433]}
One man there ran and got a sponge. The man filled the sponge with vinegar and tied the sponge to a stick. Then he used the stick to give the sponge to Jesus to drink from it. The man said, “We should wait now and see if Elijah will come to take him down from the cross.”
Even the soldiers laughed at Jesus and teased him. They came to Jesus and offered him some wine.