Was set

(εκειτο). Imperfect middle. John, as eyewitness, had noticed it there.Of vinegar

(οξους). Not vinegar drugged with myrrh (Mark 15:23) and gall (Matthew 27:34) which Jesus had refused just before the crucifixion.Sponge

(σπογγον). Old word, in N.T. only here, Mark 15:36; Matthew 27:48, our "sponge."They put

(περιθεντες). Second aorist active participle of περιτιθημ, to place around.Upon hyssop

(υσσωπω).A reed

(καλαμω) as Mark and Matthew have it. The reed of the hyssop bush was only three or four feet long.

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Old Testament