John 19:29 BSB — MannaFest

John 19:29

A jar of sour wine was sitting there. So they soaked a sponge in the wine, put it on a stalk of hyssop, and lifted it to His mouth.

BSB

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

1 voice

Gregory of Nazianzus

ON THE SON, THEOLOGICAL ORATION 3(29).20 (390)

He is given vinegar to drink mingled with gall. Who? He who turned water into wine, the destroyer of the bitter taste who is sweetness and altogether desire.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century4 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

A vessel full of vinegar - This was probably that tart small wine which we are assured was the common drink of the Roman soldiers. Our word vinegar comes from the French vin aigre, sour or tart wine; and, although it is probable that it was brought at this time for the use of the four Roman soldiers who were employed in the crucifixion of our Lord, yet it is as probable that it might have been furnished for the use of the persons crucified; who, in that lingering kind of death, must necessarily be grievously tormented with thirst.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: John (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1869)

This part of John's narrative of Christ's passion, contains points of deep interest, which are silently passed over by Matthew, Mark, and Luke. The reason of this silence we are not told. Suffice it for us to remember that, both in what they recorded and in what they did not record, all four Evangelists wrote by inspiration of God. Let us mark, for one thing, in these verses, the frequent fulfillments of prophetic Scripture throughout every part of Christ's crucifixion. Three different predictions are specially mentioned, in Exodus, Psalms, and Zechariah, which received their accomplishment at the cross.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished--that is, the moment for the fulfilment of the last of them; for there was one other small particular, and the time was come for that too, in consequence of the burning thirst which the fevered state of His frame occasioned (Ps 22:15). that the scripture-- (Ps 69:21). might be fulfilled saith, I thirst.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

"The rest said, Let be"--[that is, as would seem, 'Stop that officious service'] "let us see whether Elias will come to save Him" (Mt 27:49). This was the last cruelty He was to suffer, but it was one of the most unfeeling.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
σκεῦος	skeuos	A vessel	G4632 →
ἔκειτο	ekeito	was set [there]	G2749 →
ὄξους	oxous	of sour wine	G3690 →
μεστόν.	meston	full.	G3324 →
σπόγγον	spongon	a sponge	G4699 →
οὖν	oun	therefore	G3767 →
μεστὸν	meston	full	G3324 →
τοῦ	tou	of the	G3588 →
ὄξους	oxous	sour wine	G3690 →
ὑσσώπῳ	hussōpō	on a hyssop stalk	G5301 →
περιθέντες	perithentes	having put	G4060 →
προσήνεγκαν	prosēnegkan	they brought	G4374 →
αὐτοῦ	autou	it	G846 →
τῷ	tō	to the	G3588 →
στόματι.	stomati	mouth.	G4750 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Mark 15:36
And someone ran and filled a sponge with sour wine. He put it on a reed and held it up for Jesus to drink, saying, “Leave Him alone. Let us see if Elijah comes…
leads to
- Psalms 69:21
  They poisoned my food with gall and gave me vinegar to quench my thirst.
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
Through
Numbers 19:18
Then a man who is ceremonially clean is to take some hyssop, dip it in the water, and sprinkle the tent, all the furnishings, and the people who were there. He is also to…
leads to
- Ezekiel 36:25–27
  I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.
- Hebrews 9:14
  how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God!
Through
Matthew 27:48
One of them quickly ran and brought a sponge. He filled it with sour wine, put it on a reed, and held it up for Jesus to drink.
leads to
- Matthew 27:34
  they offered Him wine to drink, mixed with gall; but after tasting it, He refused to drink it.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Luke 23:36
  The soldiers also mocked Him and came up to offer Him sour wine.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Exodus 12:22
Take a cluster of hyssop, dip it into the blood in the basin, and brush the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe. None of you shall go out the door of…
leads to
- Psalms 51:7
  Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Hebrews 11:28
  By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch Israel’s own firstborn.
Through
Luke 23:36
The soldiers also mocked Him and came up to offer Him sour wine.
leads to
- Matthew 27:48
  One of them quickly ran and brought a sponge. He filled it with sour wine, put it on a reed, and held it up for Jesus to drink.