The soldiers also mocked him, coming to him and offering him vinegar,
Parallel translations
- KJV And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering him vinegar,
- BSB The soldiers also mocked Him and came up to offer Him sour wine.
- NKJV The soldiers also mocked Him, coming and offering Him sour wine,
- NASB The soldiers also ridiculed Him, coming up to Him, offering Him sour wine,
- NLT The soldiers mocked him, too, by offering him a drink of sour wine.
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Cross-references · 8
- Ps 69:21They also gave me gall for my food. In my thirst, they gave me vinegar to drink.
- Matt 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.
- Matt 27:34they gave him sour wine to drink mixed with gall. When he had tasted it, he would not drink.
- Mark 15:36One ran, and filling a sponge full of vinegar, put it on a reed, and gave it to him to drink, saying, “Let him be. Let’s see whether Elijah comes to take him down.”
- John 19:28–30After this, Jesus, seeing that all things were now finished, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, said, “I am thirsty.”
- Luke 23:11Herod with his soldiers humiliated him and mocked him. Dressing him in luxurious clothing, they sent him back to Pilate.
- Matt 27:29–30They braided a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and a reed in his right hand; and they kneeled down before him, and mocked him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!”
- Mark 15:19–20They struck his head with a reed, and spat on him, and bowing their knees, did homage to him.
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