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Vinegar made from wine

Numbers 6:1-4 See also Ruth 2:14

Vinegar as an acid, reacting vigorously with alkaline soda

Proverbs 25:20

Vinegar as a substitute for wine

Its unpleasantness

Proverbs 10:26 See also Psalm 69:19-22

It was offered to Jesus Christ at the crucifixion

Matthew 27:48-50 pp Mark 15:36-37 pp Luke 23:36-37 pp John 19:28-30 See also Psalm 69:21

See also

2412  cross, accounts of
4544  wine