Matthew 27:48 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“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 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Matthew 27:48 in 6 Bible Translations

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Matthew 27:48 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Immediately one of them ran and took a sponge, filled it with vinegar, put it on a reed, and gave him a drink.”

Matthew 27:48 — World English Bible

Matthew 27:48 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“And straightway one of them ran, and took a sponge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink. ”

Matthew 27:48 — American Standard Version

Matthew 27:48 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“and immediately, one of them having run, and having taken a spunge, having filled <FI>it<Fi> with vinegar, and having put <FI>it<Fi> on a reed, was giving him to drink,”

Matthew 27:48 — Young's Literal Translation

Matthew 27:48 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And immediately one of them running and getting a sponge, having filled [it] with vinegar and fixed [it] on a reed, gave him to drink. ”

Matthew 27:48 — Darby Translation

Matthew 27:48 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“And straightway one of them ran, and tooke a spondge, and filled it with vineger, and put it on a reede, and gaue him to drinke.”

Matthew 27:48 — Geneva Bible

Matthew 27:48 in Context — Matthew 27

46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

47 Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man calleth for Elias.

48 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.

49 The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to save him.

50 Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.

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