Matthew 27:48
48Immediately ▼▼tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.
one of them ran and got a sponge, filled it with sour wine, ▼▼sn Sour wine refers to cheap wine that was called in Latin posca, a cheap vinegar wine diluted heavily with water. It was the drink of slaves and soldiers, and was probably there for the soldiers who had performed the crucifixion.
put it on a stick, ▼▼tn Grk “a reed.”
and gave it to him to drink.
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