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.
Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a sponge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and, put it to his mouth. The offer of the soldiers' vinegar, on His arriving at Golgotha, might seem to have sufficiently fulfilled the Scripture prediction on this subject already. But our Lord only regards this as properly done when done by "His own," who "received Him not." But in this case it is probable, as in the former, that "when He had tasted thereof, He would not drink it." Though a stalk of hyssop does not exceed 18 inches in length, it would suffice, as the feet of crucified persons were not raised higher. At this time, some said, "Let alone" х afete (G863)] - that is, probably, 'Stand off,' 'Stop that officious service' - "let us see whether Elias will come to take him down." This was the last cruelty which He was to suffer, and it was one of the most unfeeling.
JESUS UTTERS THE SIXTH OF HIS SEVEN SAYINGS ON THE CROSS
It is remarkable that while we have this glorious Saying only in the fourth Gospel, we have the manner in which it was uttered in the first three, and not in the fourth.