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sour wine (posca, vin-de-pays), the ordinary drink of labourers and common soldiers: Matthew 27:48, Mark 15:36, Luke 23:36, John 19:29, John 19:30.
Greek (New Testament) · G3690
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 6 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 27:48 One of them ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, holding it up to him on a reed stick so he could drink.
- Mark 15:36 One of them ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, holding it up to him on a reed stick so he could drink. “Wait!” he said. “Let’s see whether Elijah comes to take him down!”
- Luke 23:36 The soldiers mocked him, too, by offering him a drink of sour wine.
- John 19:29 A jar of sour wine was sitting there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put it on a hyssop branch, and held it up to his lips.
- John 19:30 When Jesus had tasted it, he said, “It is finished!” Then he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.