“And straightway one of them ran, and took a sponge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave Him to drink. The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elijah will come to save Him. The multitude did not understand His cry, being uncouth and ignorant of the prophets, and thought that He was calling upon…”
Theophylact of Ohrid, 12th c. — Commentary on Matthew
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49The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to save him.
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47Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man calleth for Elias.
48And 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 27:49 —
50Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.
51And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;