Luke 23:36
New International Version
The soldiers also came up and mocked him. They offered him wine vinegar

New Living Translation
The soldiers mocked him, too, by offering him a drink of sour wine.

English Standard Version
The soldiers also mocked him, coming up and offering him sour wine

Berean Standard Bible
The soldiers also mocked Him and came up to offer Him sour wine.

Berean Literal Bible
And the soldiers also mocked Him, coming near, offering Him sour wine,

King James Bible
And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering him vinegar,

New King James Version
The soldiers also mocked Him, coming and offering Him sour wine,

New American Standard Bible
The soldiers also ridiculed Him, coming up to Him, offering Him sour wine,

NASB 1995
The soldiers also mocked Him, coming up to Him, offering Him sour wine,

NASB 1977
And the soldiers also mocked Him, coming up to Him, offering Him sour wine,

Legacy Standard Bible
And the soldiers also mocked Him, coming up to Him, offering Him sour wine,

Amplified Bible
The soldiers also mocked Him, coming up to Him and [cruelly] offering Him sour wine,

Christian Standard Bible
The soldiers also mocked him. They came offering him sour wine

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The soldiers also mocked Him. They came offering Him sour wine

American Standard Version
And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, offering him vinegar,

Contemporary English Version
The soldiers made fun of Jesus and brought him some wine.

English Revised Version
And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, offering him vinegar,

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The soldiers also made fun of him. They would go up to him, offer him some vinegar,

Good News Translation
The soldiers also made fun of him: they came up to him and offered him cheap wine,

International Standard Version
The soldiers also made fun of Jesus by coming up and offering him sour wine,

Majority Standard Bible
The soldiers also mocked Him and came up to offer Him sour wine.

NET Bible
The soldiers also mocked him, coming up and offering him sour wine,

New Heart English Bible
The soldiers also mocked him, coming to him and offering him vinegar,

Webster's Bible Translation
And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering him vinegar,

Weymouth New Testament
And the soldiers also made sport of Him, coming and offering Him sour wine and saying,

World English Bible
The soldiers also mocked him, coming to him and offering him vinegar,
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And the soldiers were also mocking Him, coming near and offering vinegar to Him,

Berean Literal Bible
And the soldiers also mocked Him, coming near, offering Him sour wine,

Young's Literal Translation
And mocking him also were the soldiers, coming near and offering vinegar to him,

Smith's Literal Translation
And the soldiers also mocked him, approaching, and bringing him vinegar.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering him vinegar,

Catholic Public Domain Version
And the soldiers also ridiculed him, approaching him and offering him vinegar,

New American Bible
Even the soldiers jeered at him. As they approached to offer him wine

New Revised Standard Version
The soldiers also mocked him, coming up and offering him sour wine,
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
And the soldiers ridiculed him, as they came near him and offered him vinegar,

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And the soldiers were also scoffing at him as they came near to him and they were offering him vinegar.
NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
The soldiers also derided him, coming to him and offering him vinegar,

Godbey New Testament
And the soldiers were also mocking, coming and bringing the vinegar to Him,

Haweis New Testament
And the soldiers also insulted him, coming and offering him vinegar,

Mace New Testament
the soldiers too, who came to bring him vinegar, insulted him,

Weymouth New Testament
And the soldiers also made sport of Him, coming and offering Him sour wine and saying,

Worrell New Testament
And the soldiers also were mocking Him, coming near, and offering Him vinegar,

Worsley New Testament
And the soldiers too insulted Him, coming to Him and offering Him vinegar, saying,

Additional Translations ...
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Context
The Crucifixion
35The people stood watching, and the rulers sneered at Him, saying, “He saved others; let Him save Himself if He is the Christ of God, the Chosen One.” 36 The soldiers also mocked Him and came up to offer Him sour wine. 37“If You are the King of the Jews,” they said, “save Yourself!”…

Cross References
Matthew 27:29-31
And they twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on His head. They put a staff in His right hand, knelt down before Him, and mocked Him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” / Then they spit on Him and took the staff and struck Him on the head repeatedly. / After they had mocked Him, they removed the robe and put His own clothes back on Him. Then they led Him away to crucify Him.

Mark 15:17-20
They dressed Him in a purple robe, twisted together a crown of thorns, and set it on His head. / And they began to salute Him: “Hail, King of the Jews!” / They kept striking His head with a staff and spitting on Him. And they knelt down and bowed before Him. ...

John 19:2-3
The soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns, set it on His head, and dressed Him in a purple robe. / And they went up to Him again and again, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” and slapping Him in the face.

Isaiah 53:3
He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.

Psalm 22:7-8
All who see me mock me; they sneer and shake their heads: / “He trusts in the LORD, let the LORD deliver him; let the LORD rescue him, since He delights in him.”

Matthew 27:39-44
And those who passed by heaped abuse on Him, shaking their heads / and saying, “You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save Yourself! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross!” / In the same way, the chief priests, scribes, and elders mocked Him, saying, ...

Mark 15:29-32
And those who passed by heaped abuse on Him, shaking their heads and saying, “Aha! You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, / come down from the cross and save Yourself!” / In the same way, the chief priests and scribes mocked Him among themselves, saying, “He saved others, but He cannot save Himself! ...

John 19:28-30
After this, knowing that everything had now been accomplished, and to fulfill the Scripture, Jesus said, “I am thirsty.” / A jar of sour wine was sitting there. So they soaked a sponge in the wine, put it on a stalk of hyssop, and lifted it to His mouth. / When Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished.” And bowing His head, He yielded up His spirit.

Psalm 69:21
They poisoned my food with gall and gave me vinegar to quench my thirst.

Isaiah 50:6
I offered My back to those who struck Me, and My cheeks to those who tore out My beard. I did not hide My face from scorn and spittle.

Matthew 26:67-68
Then they spit in His face and struck Him. Others slapped Him / and said, “Prophesy to us, Christ! Who hit You?”

Mark 14:65
Then some of them began to spit on Him. They blindfolded Him, struck Him with their fists, and said to Him, “Prophesy!” And the officers received Him with slaps in His face.

John 18:22-23
When Jesus had said this, one of the officers standing nearby slapped Him in the face and said, “Is this how You answer the high priest?” / Jesus replied, “If I said something wrong, testify as to what was wrong. But if I spoke correctly, why did you strike Me?”

1 Peter 2:23
When they heaped abuse on Him, He did not retaliate; when He suffered, He made no threats, but entrusted Himself to Him who judges justly.

Hebrews 12:2
Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.


Treasury of Scripture

And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering him vinegar,

Luke 23:11
And Herod with his men of war set him at nought, and mocked him, and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, and sent him again to Pilate.

Psalm 69:21
They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

Matthew 27:29,30,34,48
And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews! …

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Luke 23
1. Jesus is accused before Pilate, and sent to Herod.
8. Herod mocks him.
12. Herod and Pilate become friends.
13. Barabbas is desired of the people,
24. and is released by Pilate, and Jesus is given to be crucified.
26. He tells the women, that lament him, the destruction of Jerusalem;
34. prays for his enemies.
39. Two criminals are crucified with him.
46. His death.
50. His burial.














The soldiers
This phrase refers to the Roman soldiers who were tasked with carrying out the crucifixion. In the Roman Empire, soldiers were often used to maintain order and enforce the law, including executing criminals. These soldiers were likely hardened men, accustomed to violence and death, which may have contributed to their callous behavior towards Jesus. Their actions fulfill the prophecy of Psalm 22:16, "For dogs have surrounded me; a band of evil men has encircled me."

also mocked Him
The act of mocking Jesus was not limited to the soldiers; it was a widespread behavior among those present at the crucifixion, including the religious leaders and the crowd. The Greek word used here, "ἐμπαίζω" (empaizō), means to ridicule or make fun of. This mockery was a fulfillment of the prophecy in Isaiah 53:3, which describes the Messiah as "despised and rejected by men." The soldiers' mockery highlights the depth of human sinfulness and the rejection of God's Son.

and came up
This phrase indicates a deliberate action on the part of the soldiers. They approached Jesus with the intention of mocking Him further. The Greek verb "προσέρχομαι" (proserchomai) suggests an intentional movement towards someone, often with a specific purpose. In this context, it underscores the soldiers' active participation in the humiliation of Jesus, emphasizing the cruelty and disdain with which He was treated.

to offer Him sour wine
Sour wine, or "oxos" in Greek, was a cheap, vinegary wine commonly consumed by soldiers and the lower classes. It was not intended as an act of kindness but rather as a continuation of the mockery. This act fulfills Psalm 69:21, "They gave me poison for food, and for my thirst they gave me sour wine to drink." The offering of sour wine symbolizes the bitterness of the world's rejection of Christ and the fulfillment of Old Testament prophecies concerning the suffering Messiah.

(36) Offering him vinegar.--Not even the prayer for their forgiveness had touched the hearts of the soldiers. But still, they knew not what they did, and did but follow, after their nature, in the path in which others led the way. Possibly too, rude as their natures were, there was a touch of rough kindliness mingling in their mockery, as shown in the offer of the vinegar, or sour wine, which they had brought for their own use (see Note on Matthew 27:48)--unless, indeed, we suppose the refinement of cruelty which held it before the eyes of the Sufferer, but did not, as afterwards, convey it to His lips.

Verse 36. - And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering him vinegar. Three times in the Crucifixion scene we find a mention of this vinegar, or the sour wine of the country, the common drink of the soldiers and others, being offered to the Sufferer.

(1) Matthew 27:34. This was evidently a draught prepared with narcotics and stupefying drugs, no doubt by some of those compassionate women addressed by him on his way to the cross as "daughters of Jerusalem," a common work of mercy at that time, and one apparently permitted by the guards. This, St. Matthew tells us, "he tasted of," no doubt in courteous recognition of the kindly purpose of the act, but he refused to do more than taste of it. He would not dull the sense of pain, or cloud the clearness of his communion with his Father in that last awful hour.

(2) The second, mentioned here by St. Luke, seems to imply that the soldiers mocked his agony of thirst - one of the tortures induced by crucifixion - by lifting up to his parched, fevered lips, vessels containing their sour wine, and then snatching them hastily away.

(3) The third (John 19:28-30) relates that here the Lord, utterly exhausted, asked for and received this last refreshment, which revived, for a very brief space, his fast failing powers, and gave him strength for his last utterances. The soldiers, perhaps acting under the orders of the compassionate centurion in command, perhaps touched with awe by the brave patience and strange dignity of the dying Lord, did him this last kindly office.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
The
οἱ (hoi)
Article - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

soldiers
στρατιῶται (stratiōtai)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 4757: A soldier. From a presumed derivative of the same as stratia; a camper-out, i.e. A warrior.

also
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

mocked
Ἐνέπαιξαν (Enepaixan)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 1702: To mock, ridicule. From en and paizo; to jeer at, i.e. Deride.

Him
αὐτῷ (autō)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

[and] came up
προσερχόμενοι (proserchomenoi)
Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 4334: From pros and erchomai; to approach, i.e. come near, visit, or worship, assent to.

to offer
προσφέροντες (prospherontes)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 4374: From pros and phero; to bear towards, i.e. Lead to, tender, treat.

Him
αὐτῷ (autō)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

sour wine.
ὄξος (oxos)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's 3690: Vinegar, sour wine mixed with water, a common drink of Roman soldiers. From oxus; vinegar, i.e. Sour wine.


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