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matthew 27:48

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Matthew 27:48

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”

— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled [it] with vinegar, and put [it] on a reed, and gave him to drink.

Matthew 27:48 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Matthew 27:48

Theological / Devotional

Vinegar. Gr. oxos (see on v. 34). Oxos was wine turned sour by fermentation (see on Num. 6:3). See Ps. 69:21 for a prediction of this very incident.

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