36And one ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see whether Elias will come to take him down.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh: but he received it not.
And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering him vinegar,
After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 33-41)Here we have an account of Christ’s dying, how his enemies abused him, and God honoured him at his death. I. There was a thick darkness over the whole land (some think over the whole earth), for three hours, from noon till three of the clock. Now the scripture was fulfilled (Amos 8:9), I will cause the sun to go down at noon , and I will darken the earth in the clear day ; and Jer. 15:9; Her sun i…
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