vinegar

Sour wine or wine vinegar, a common drink among the poorer classes (Ruth 2:14). It was forbidden to Nazirites (Num 6:3). The offer of “vinegar” to Jesus on the cross could be understood as a compassionate gesture in (Mark 15:36 and Matt 27:48). However, (Ps 69:21) speaks of “poison and vinegar” given to the suffering righteous by enemies. Both the mocking offer of vinegar in (Luke 23:36) and the reference to fulfillment of scripture in (John 19:28) suggest this latter context.