3 occurrences

'Sponge' in the Bible

And straight away one of them went quickly, and took a sponge, and made it full of bitter wine, and put it on a rod and gave him drink.

Verse ConceptsMedicineWineIndividuals RunningVinegar

And one of them went quickly and, getting a sponge full of bitter wine, put it on a rod, and gave it to him for drink, saying, Let be; let us see if Elijah will come to take him down.

Verse ConceptsWineIndividuals RunningLowering PeopleVinegarIndividual Prophets

Now there was a vessel ready, full of bitter wine, and they put a sponge full of it on a stick and put it to his mouth.

Verse ConceptsLipsPlantsOther References To Mouths

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