Why Did Jesus Drink VINEGAR Before He Died? What the Greek Really Means in John 19

Why did Jesus drink vinegar before he died? Most of us were taught that it was either a cruel joke from the soldiers or a small mercy at the end of a terrible day. But in John 19:28, John gives his own reason, and it is neither of those: "Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst." In this Bible study we read the passage through the Greek text and the King James Version. We look at the two cups offered on the hill, the one he refused and the one he received, and at the word tetelestai, which John places on both sides of the sponge. Then we follow the Greek words dipso, oxos, hyssopos, and paredoken through John 19:28 to 19:30, and trace oxos back to the Greek Psalm 69. We meet the plant itself in Exodus 12, Leviticus 14, Numbers 19, Psalm 51, and Hebrews 9, and the Hebrew words khometz and ezov behind it. We hear what the Septuagint and the Mishnah add, and where scholars honestly disagree about the reed and the hyssop. Finally we come to the part of the chapter most people skip, the unbroken bone, the blood and water, and the garden in John 19:41. All Scripture quotations are from the King James Version. Is there an ordinary, easily overlooked detail in your own life that God may be using to finish something he began? Share your thoughts in the comments, and subscribe for more studies from The Overlooked Verse. #jesus #biblestudy #john19 00:00 Why vinegar? 00:38 The popular answer 01:10 Tetelestai: the word on both sides 02:21 The cup in the garden 02:55 Two cups on one hill 04:23 John 19:28 and the word fulfilled 06:14 Dipso: I thirst 06:44 Oxos and the Greek Psalm 69 07:45 Hyssopos: the plant 08:14 Paredoken: the verb of handing over 10:00 Oxos: the sour wine of the poor 11:50 Hyssop: Passover, law, and Psalm 51 14:11 Khometz and khametz: sour and leaven 15:18 The part everyone forgets 16:55 Reed or hyssop? The honest tension 17:59 The Mishnah and early readers 19:32 Pulling it together 20:32 What this means for you