John Gill's Exposition on Matthew 27:48

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And straightway one of them ran and took a sponge, etc.] Which was not far from the cross, where a vessel full of vinegar was set, (<431929>John 19:29), and filled it with vinegar; dipping it into it, it sucked it up. Some of these sponges had leathern handles to them. f1705 And put it on a reed; a stalk of hyssop; (see Gill on “<431929>John 19:29”), and gave him to drink; not to revive his spirits, or hasten his death, as some have thought, but in contempt of him, and to mock him, he having signified that he was athirst.

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