Text -- Matthew 27:48 (NET)

27:48 Immediately one of them ran and got a sponge, filled it with sour wine, put it on a stick, and gave it to him to drink.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Mat 27:48

¹ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

² 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.

³ tn Grk “a reed.”