was set: Mat 27:34, Mat 27:48; Mar 15:36; Luk 23:36
hyssop: This hyssop is termed a reed by Matthew and Mark; and it appears that a species of hyssop, with a reedy stalk, about two feet long, grew about Jerusalem. Exo 12:22; Num 19:18; 1Ki 4:33; Psa 51:7