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Matthew 27:48

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27:48 Immediately 1  one of them ran and got a sponge, filled it with sour wine, 2  put it on a stick, 3  and gave it to him to drink.

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.”



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