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Matthew 27:48 Explained in Context

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

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Quick Meaning

Records one person offering vinegar on a sponge and reed.

Darkness, a psalm cry, a torn veil, and women still there

This verse is one part of that explanation in Matthew 27:45–27:56. The complete section carries the connected meaning and how it should shape life.

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  • Matthew 27:45–27:56

Read Matthew 27:48 with 27:45–27:56. In isolation, this verse's contribution—records one person offering vinegar on a sponge and reed—can be detached from its speaker, audience, narrative or teaching sequence, and outcome. The complete unit establishes: Darkness falls, Jesus cries Psalm 22, bystanders misunderstand Elijah, he dies, the temple veil tears, earth shakes, tombs open, a centurion confesses, and women witnesses remain.

What Remains True

Darkness falls, Jesus cries Psalm 22, bystanders misunderstand Elijah, he dies, the temple veil tears, earth shakes, tombs open, a centurion confesses, and women witnesses remain. Matthew 27:48's proportionate contribution is this: Records one person offering vinegar on a sponge and reed.

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Read the complete section for the connected explanation and how it should shape life. This verse is a doorway into that passage, not a saying that stands alone.

Read Matthew 27:45–27:56 — Jesus dies as creation, temple, and witnesses respond
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Biblical text

King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006

eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society

USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.

Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and thought-unit coverage.

Exact location: Matthew 27:45–27:56, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus

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Greek textual evidence

The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition

Michael W. Holmes, editor; Society of Biblical Literature and Logos

Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software, 2010

Supports: Greek wording and punctuation control without treating one edition as a complete apparatus.

Exact location: SBLGNT official text file data/sblgnt/text/Matt.txt, Matthew 27:45–27:56

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Lexical and grammatical evidence

STEP Bible Data

Tyndale House Cambridge

Tyndale House Cambridge, repository snapshot verified 2026

Supports: Morphology and lexical cross-check for the expressions actually discussed in this thought unit.

Exact location: STEP Bible Data TAGNT rows for Matthew 27:45–27:56

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open translation and translator notes

NET Bible: Matthew with Translators' and Textual Notes

Biblical Studies Press

Biblical Studies Press, 2005-2026 online edition

Supports: Verse-attached textual, translation, language, historical, Jewish-background, and Synoptic notes for this unit.

Exact location: NET Bible Matthew PDF, printed pp. 1808-1867, exact tn/tc/sn entries attached to 27:45–27:56

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