There are three passages in the Bible which concern us from the viewpoint of history alone. They are in the New Testament: (1) Matthew 27:34 and 45 thru 50; (2) Mark 15:33 thru 37; (3) John 19:28 thru 30.

(1)    “34 They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink.

45   Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.

46   And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, la-ma sa-bach-tha-ni? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

47   Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man calls for E-li-as.

48   And straightway one of them ran, and took a sponge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.

49   The rest said, Let be, let us see whether E-li-as will come to save him.

50   Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.”

(2)    ”33 And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.

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34   And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, E-lo-i, Eloi, la-ma sa-bach-tha-ni? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

35   And some of them that stood by, when they heard it, said, Behold, he calls E-li-as.

36   And one ran and filled a sponge full of vinegar, and put it on a reed, saying, Let alone; let us see whether E-li-as will come to take him down.

37   And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the ghost.”

(3)    28  After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, said, I thirst.

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

30   When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.”

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