Vinegar In the New Testament

References to vinegar in the New Testament show that it was offered to Christ on the cross.

(All verses are taken from the New International Version of the Bible.)

Matthew 27:48

Immediately one of them ran and got a sponge. He filled it with wine vinegar, put it on a stick, and offered it to Jesus to drink.

Mark 15:36

One man ran, filled a sponge with wine vinegar, put it on a stick, and offered it to Jesus to drink. "Now leave him alone. Let's see if Elijah comes to take him down," he said.

Luke 23:36

The soldiers also came up and mocked him. They offered him wine vinegar.

John 19:29

A jar of wine vinegar was there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put the sponge on a stalk of the hyssop plant, and lifted it to Jesus' lips.

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