King James Version

John 19:29

Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “full of the” (μεστὸν τοῦ) before sour wine here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “and” (καὶ) before on a here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.

σκεῦοςskeuosa vesselσκεῦοςnoun, nominative, singular, neuter — “a vessel”, the subject formG4632a vessel to contain liquid; a vessel of mercy or wrath; any instrument by which anything is done; a household utensil; of ships: tackle.a vesselἔκειτοekeitoto layκεῖμαι (keimai)verb, imperfect middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “to lay”, an ongoing action in the pastG2749I lie, recline, am placed, am laid, set, specially appointed, destined.ὄξουςoxousof vinegarὄξος (oxos)noun, genitive, singular, neuter — “of vinegar”, the of-formG3690vinegar, sour wine mixed with water, a common drink of Roman soldiers.This verse uses “vinegar”.of vinegarμεστόνmestonfullμεστός (mestos)adjective, nominative, singular, neuter — “full”, the subject formG3324full, filled with.σπόγγονspongona spungeσπόγγος (spongos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “a spunge”, the object formG4699a sponge.a spungeοὖνounthereforeοὖνconjunction — “therefore”G3767therefore, then.This verse uses “therefore”.μεστὸνmestonfullμεστός (mestos)adjective, accusative, singular, masculine — “full”, the object formG3324full, filled with.τοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ὄξουςoxouswith vinegarὄξος (oxos)noun, genitive, singular, neuter — “with vinegar”, the of-formG3690vinegar, sour wine mixed with water, a common drink of Roman soldiers.This verse uses “vinegar”.with vinegarὑσσώπῳhussōpōhyssopὕσσωπος (hussōpos)noun, dative, singular, feminine — “hyssop”, the to- or for-formG5301hyssop, a stalk or stem of hyssop.hyssopπεριθέντεςperithentesto put onπεριτίθημι (peritithēmi)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “to put on”, a single actionG4060I place or put around, clothe; fig: I bestow, confer.προσήνεγκανprosēnenkanand putπροσφέρω (prospherō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “and put”, a single actionG4374(a) I bring to, (b) characteristically: I offer (of gifts, sacrifices, etc).and putαὐτοῦautouit to hisαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “it to his”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.it to hisτῷtōtheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, neuter — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.στόματιstomatimouthστόμα (stoma)noun, dative, singular, neuter — “mouth”, the to- or for-formG4750the mouth, speech, eloquence in speech, the point of a sword.mouth

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

a vessel, therefore, was placed full of vinegar, and they having filled a sponge with vinegar, and having put [it] around a hyssop stalk, did put [it] to his mouth;

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American Standard Version (1901)

There was set there a vessel full of vinegar: so they put a sponge full of the vinegar upon hyssop, and brought it to his mouth.

Young’s Literal Translation

a vessel, therefore, was placed full of vinegar, and they having filled a sponge with vinegar, and having put [it] around a hyssop stalk, did put [it] to his mouth;

World English Bible

Now a vessel full of vinegar was set there; so they put a sponge full of the vinegar on hyssop, and held it at his mouth.

Darby Translation

There was a vessel therefore there full of vinegar, and having filled a sponge with vinegar, and putting hyssop round it, they put it up to his mouth.

Douay-Rheims

Now there was a vessel set there full of vinegar. And they, putting a sponge full of vinegar and hyssop, put it to his mouth.

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