48Immediately 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.


In Context

45 From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land.

46 About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?"--which means, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"

47 When some of those standing there heard this, they said, "He's calling Elijah."

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.

49 The rest said, "Now leave him alone. Let's see if Elijah comes to save him."

50 And when Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, he gave up his spirit.

Matthew 27:48 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

27:48And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled [it] with vinegar, and put [it] on a reed, and gave him to drink.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

27:48And immediately one of them running took a sponge, and filled it with vinegar; and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

27:48And straightway one of them ran, and took a sponge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:48And immediately one of them running and getting a sponge, having filled it with vinegar and fixed it on a reed, gave him to drink.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

27:48And straightway one of them ran, and took a sponge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:48And immediately one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:48Immediately one of them ran, and took a sponge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him a drink.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

27:48and immediately, one of them having run, and having taken a spunge, having filled it with vinegar, and having put it on a reed, was giving him to drink,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

27:48And straightway one of them ran, and took a sponge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.