And if by chance, before this unexpected cross which, perhaps, is therefore more difficult to understand, your heart were to show repugnance . . . don't give ... mouth. Jesus sips the vinegar ...

And one of them at once ran and took a sponge, filled it with vinegar ... The Cross of Jesus is a cosmic event. The world is darkened, when the Son of God is given up to death.

They crucified Jesus Christ about 9 o’clock in the morning (verse 25) along with two thieves (Isaiah 53:12; Luke 22:37).