Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Was set (ekeito). Imperfect middle. John, as eyewitness, had noticed it there.
Of vinegar (ocouv). Not vinegar drugged with myrrh (Mark 15:23) and gall (Matthew 27:34) which Jesus had refused just before the crucifixion.
Sponge (spoggon). Old word, in N.T. only here, Mark 15:36; Matthew 27:48, our "sponge."
They put (periqentev). Second aorist active participle of peritiqhmi, to place around.
Upon hyssop (usswpw).
A reed (kalamw) as Mark and Matthew have it. The reed of the hyssop bush was only three or four feet long.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Hebrews 9:19
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