Luke 23 · Verse 36

Luke 23:36

And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering him vinegar,
Luke 23:36, King James Version

Luke 23:36 in other translations

BSBThe soldiers also mocked Him and came up to offer Him sour wine.
WEBThe soldiers also mocked him, coming to him and offering him vinegar,
ASVAnd the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, offering him vinegar,
YLTAnd mocking him also were the soldiers, coming near and offering vinegar to him,
DARBYAnd the soldiers also made game of him, coming up offering him vinegar,
BBEAnd the men of the army made sport of him, coming to him and giving him bitter wine,
WebsterAnd the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering him vinegar,

What does Luke 23:36 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 36 Offering him vinegar - See on Mat 27:34 (note). Vinegar or small sour wine, was a common drink of the Roman soldiers; and it is supposed that wherever they were on duty they had a vessel of this liquor standing by. It appears that at least two cups were given to our Lord; one before he was nailed to the cross, viz. of wine mingled with myrrh, and another of vinegar, while he hung on the cross. Some think there were three cups: One of wine mixed with myrrh; the Second, of vinegar mingled with gall; and the Third, of simple vinegar. Allow these three cups, and the different expressions in all the evangelists will be included. See Lightfoot.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 23:32-43

As soon as Christ was fastened to the cross, he prayed for those who crucified him. The great thing he died to purchase and procure for us, is the forgiveness of sin. This he prays for. Jesus was crucified between two thieves; in them were shown the different effects the cross of Christ would have upon the children of men in the preaching the gospel. One malefactor was hardened to the last. No troubles of themselves…

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Luke 23:36 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ἐνέπαιξανenepaixanMockedG1702
δὲdethenG1161
αὐτῷautōHimG846
καὶkaialsoG2532
οἱhoitheG3588
στρατιῶταιstratiōtaisoldiersG4757
προσερχόμενοι,proserchomenoicoming near,G4334
ὄξοςoxossour wineG3690
προσφέροντεςprospherontesofferingG4374
αὐτῷautōto HimG846

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Luke 23:36

  • Psalms 69:21

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

  • Matthew 27:48

    And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.

  • Matthew 27:34

    They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink.

  • Mark 15:36

    And one ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see whether Elias will come to take him down.

  • Mark 15:19-20

    And they smote him on the head with a reed, and did spit upon him, and bowing their knees worshipped him. And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple from him, and put his own clothes on him, and led him out to crucify him.

  • Matthew 27:29-30

    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! And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head.

  • John 19:28-30

    After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst. Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth. When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.

  • 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.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
11; Ps 69:21; Mt 27:29,30,34,48; Mr 15:19,20,36; Joh 19:28-30

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Luke 23:35

    And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also with them derided him, saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if he be Christ, the chosen of God.

  • Luke 23:36

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

  • Luke 23:37

    And saying, If thou be the king of the Jews, save thyself.

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Luke 23:36 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Escarnecían de él también los soldados, llegándose y presentándole vinagre,
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et les soldats aussi se moquaient de lui, s’approchant, et lui présentant du vinaigre,
German
Elberfelder 1871
Aber auch die Kriegsknechte verspotteten ihn, indem sie herzutraten, ihm Essig brachten
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Illudebant autem ei et milites accedentes, et acetum offerentes ei,