John 19:29

John 19:29 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth.
• New International Version (NIV)A jar of wine vinegar was there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put the sponge on a stalk of the hyssop plant, and lifted it to Jesus’ lips.
• English Standard Version (ESV)A jar full of sour wine stood there, so they put a sponge full of the sour wine on a hyssop branch and held it to his mouth.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now a vessel full of sour wine was sitting there; and they filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on hyssop, and put it to His mouth.

Context of John 19:29

27Then He said to the disciple (John), “Look! [here is] your mother [protect and provide for her]!” From that hour the disciple took her into his own home. 28After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said in fulfillment of the Scripture, “I am thirsty.” A jar full of sour wine was placed there; so they put a sponge soaked in the sour wine on [a branch of] hyssop and held it to His mouth. 30When Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished!” And He bowed His head and [voluntarily] gave up His spirit. 31Since it was the day of Preparation [for the Sabbath], in order to prevent the bodies from hanging on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high holy day) the Jews asked Pilate to have their legs broken [to hasten death] and the bodies taken away.

John 19:29 word by word

σκεῦος ἔκειτο ὄξους μεστόν. σπόγγον οὖν μεστὸν τοῦ ὄξους ὑσσώπῳ περιθέντες προσήνεγκαν αὐτοῦ τῷ στόματι.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Nowοὖνoun · therefore/thenG3767
• there was setκεῖμαιkeimai · to lay/be appointedG2749
• a vesselσκεῦοςskeuos · vesselG4632
• fullμεστόςmestos · fullG3324
• of vinegarὄξοςoxos · vinegarG3690
• andδέde · thenG1161
• they filledπλήθω, πίμπλημιplēthō · to fillG4130
• a spungeσπόγγοςspoggos · spongeG4699
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• putπεριτίθημιperitithēmi · to put onG4060
• upon hyssopὕσσωποςhussōpos · hyssopG5301
• and putπροσφέρωprospherō · to bring toG4374
• to hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• mouthστόμαstoma · mouthG4750

Cross-references for John 19:29

• Matthew 27:34they offered Him wine mixed with gall (myrrh, a bitter-tasting narcotic) to drink; but after tasting it, He refused to drink it.
• Mark 15:36Someone ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on a reed and gave Him a drink, saying, “Let us see whether Elijah is coming to take Him down.”
• Luke 23:36The soldiers also mocked Him, coming up to Him and [cruelly] offering Him sour wine,
• Exodus 12:22You shall take a bunch of hyssop, dip it in the blood which is in the basin, and touch some of the blood to the lintel [above the doorway] and to the two doorposts; and none of you shall go outside the door of his house until morning.
• Numbers 19:18A clean person shall take hyssop and dip it in the water and sprinkle it on the tent and on all the furnishings and on the people who were there, and on the one who touched the bone or the one who was killed or the one who died [naturally] or the grave.
• 1 Kings 4:33He spoke of trees, from the cedar which is in Lebanon to the hyssop [vine] that grows on the wall; he spoke also of animals, of birds, of creeping things, and fish.
• Psalms 51:7Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean; Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.

Commentaries on John 19:29

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 29A vessel full of vinegar - This was probably that tart small wine which we are assured was the common drink of the Roman soldiers. Our word vinegar comes from the French vin aigre, sour or tart wine; and, although it is probable that it was brought at this time for the use of the four Roman soldiers who were employed in the crucifixion of our Lord, yet it is as probable that it might have been furnished for the use of the persons crucified; who, in that…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 28-30Verses 28-30 See the notes at Matthew 27:46-50. That the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst - See Psalm 69:21. Thirst was one of the most distressing circumstances attending the crucifixion. The wounds were highly inflamed, and a raging fever was caused, usually, by the sufferings on the cross, and this was accompanied by insupportable thirst. See the notes at Matthew 27:35. A Mameluke, or Turkish officer, was crucified, it is said in an Arabic…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 19-30Verses 19-30 Here are some remarkable circumstances of Jesus' death, more fully related than before. Pilate would not gratify the chief priests by allowing the writing to be altered; which was doubtless owing to a secret power of God upon his heart, that this statement of our Lord's character and authority might continue. Many things done by the Roman soldiers were fulfilments of the prophecies of the Old Testament. All things therein written shall be…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 29In Egypt, people used the hyssop bush to apply lamb's blood on door posts and its upper threshold (lintel) during the first Passover (Exodus 12:22). Jesus is God's Passover lamb, and his blood also saves (John 1:29, 36).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 28-3028-30. After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished--that is, the moment for the fulfilment of the last of them; for there was one other small particular, and the time was come for that too, in consequence of the burning thirst which the fevered state of His frame occasioned (Psa 22:15). that the scripture--(Psa 69:21). might be fulfilled saith, I thirst. Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar--on the offer of the soldiers' vinegar…Read the comment

Topics related to John 19:29

• Death
• Hyssop
• Jesus, the Christ
• Prophecy
• Salvation
• Sponge
• Vinegar
• Wine

In the dictionaries

• Crucifixion
• Humiliation of Christ
• Hyssop
• Sponge
• Thenceforth
• Writing
• Jesus Christ
• John, Gospel of
• Lord's Supper; (eucharist)
• Vinegar

Commentaries on John 19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings