John 19:29
29A vesselσκεῦοςhad been set [there]ἔκειτοof sour wineὄξουςfullμεστόν·a spongeσπόγγονthereforeοὖνfilledμεστὸνwithτοῦsour wineὄξουςa stalk of hyssopὑσσώπῳhaving put onπεριθέντεςthey broughtπροσήνεγκανitαὐτοῦto theτῷmouthστόματι.
A vessel had been set [there], full of sour wine; therefore, having put on a stalk of hyssop a sponge filled with sour wine, they brought it to the mouth.
Vocab difficulty
99.3
Rare words
σπόγγον
σπόγγος
a sponge.
ὑσσώπῳ
ὕσσωπος
hyssop, a stalk or stem of hyssop.