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Was set (ekeito). Imperfect middle. John, as eyewitness, had noticed it there.
Of vinegar (oxous). Not vinegar drugged with myrrh (Mar 15:23) and gall (Mat 27:34) which Jesus had refused just before the crucifixion.
Sponge (spoggon). Old word, in N.T. only here, Mar 15:36; Mat 27:48, our “sponge.”
They put (perithentes). Second aorist active participle of peritithēmi, to place around.
Upon hyssop (hussōpōi).
A reed (kalamōi) as Mark and Matthew have it. The reed of the hyssop bush was only three or four feet long.