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John Gill
And one ran and filled a sponge full of vinegar,.... Christ at the same time saying, I thirst; see John 19:28; and put it on a reed; an hyssop stalk, John 19:29; and gave him to drink; and so fulfilled a prophecy in Psalms 69:21; saying, or "they said", as the Syriac version reads it; not he that fetched the sponge, but the others that were with him, and which agrees with Matthew 27:27; let...
Matthew Henry
What we read of the sufferings of Christ, in the foregoing chapter, was but the prologue or introduction; here we have the completing of them. We left him condemned by the chief priests; but they could only show their teeth, they could not bite. Here we have him, I. Arraigned and accused before Pilate the Roman governor, ver. 1-5. II. Cried out against by the common people, at the instigation of...
Charles H. Spurgeon
There was darkness over the whole land until this ninth hour. And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, My God, why hast thou forsaken me? And some of them that stood by, when they heard it, said, Behold, he calleth Elias. And one ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to...
Charles H. Spurgeon
And one ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see whether Elias will come to take him down. Jesus did receive this vinegar, and so fulfilled Psa_69:21 : “In my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.”
Charles H. Spurgeon
And one ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see whether Elias will come to take him down. And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the ghost. His last words were, “It is finished.” “It is finish’d!” — Oh what pleasure Do these charming words afford! Heavenly blessings without measure Flow to us from Christ the Lord:...