Mark 15:36

36 And someone ran and filled a sponge with ¹sour wine, put it on a reed ²and gave it to him to drink, saying, “Wait, let us see whether Elijah will come to take him down. ”

Mark 15:36 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 15:36

And one ran and filled a sponge full of vinegar
Christ at the same time saying, I thirst; see ( John 19:28 ) ;

and put it on a reed;
an hyssop stalk, ( John 19:29 ) ;

and gave him to drink;
and so fulfilled a prophecy in ( Psalms 69:21 ) ;

saying,
or "they said", as the Syriac version reads it; not he that fetched the sponge, but the others that were with him, and which agrees with ( Matthew 27:27 Matthew 27:49 ) ;

let alone;
as forbidding him to go near him, and offer him any thing to drink:

let us see whether Elias will come and take him down;
from the cross; (See Gill on Matthew 27:49).

Mark 15:36 In-Context

34 And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani? ”which means, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? ”

35 And some of the bystanders hearing it said, “Behold, he is calling Elijah. ”

36 And someone ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on a reed and gave it to him to drink, saying, “Wait, let us see whether Elijah will come to take him down. ”

37 And Jesus uttered a loud cry and breathed his last.

38 And the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom.

Cross References

• 1. 15:36 Ruth 2:14
• 2. 15:36 Ps. 69:21