John 19:29 (WEB)
Now a vessel full of vinegar was set there; so they put a sponge full of the vinegar on hyssop, and held it at his mouth.
Fathers and councils · 19
John Damascene
“And once again, the Gospel tells us that, He, having come into the place, said ‘I thirst’: and they gave Him some vinegar mixed with gall, and when He had tasted it He would not drink.” — editor's note: St. Matt. xxvii. 33 and 34; St. John xix. 28 and 29.
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“Rejoice, ye heavens, and let the earth be glad, for those who are to be sprinkled with hyssop, and cleansed with the spiritual hyssop, the power of Him to whom at His Passion drink was offered on hyssop and a reed.” — editor's note: S. Cyril here, and still more emphatically in xiii. 39, distinguishes the hyssop (John xix. 29) from the reed (Matt. xxvii. 48), implying that the sponge…
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Augustine of Hippo
“For it grew sour among the Jews, and this sour vinegar they gave the Lord to drink.” — editor's note: John xix. 29.
Read the whole comment“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.”” — editor's note: John xix. 28, 29.
Read the whole comment“The Lord, however, was found to be already dead, and the men marvelled; and they who despised Him when living, so wondered at Him when dead, that some of them said, “Truly this was the Son of God.”” — editor's note: John xix. 28–33.
Read the whole comment““And He bowed His head, and gave up the spirit.”” — editor's note: Chap. xix. 28–30.
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John Chrysostom
“…make peace with Him, nor were tamed by what they saw, but rather became more savage, and increased their irony; and having brought to Him vinegar on a sponge, as men bring it to the condemned, thus they gave Him to drink; since it is on this account that the hyssop is added.” — editor's note: Ver. 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.”
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“Taste gall for the taste’s sake; drink vinegar; seek for spittings; accept blows, be crowned with thorns, that is, with the hardness of the godly life; put on the purple robe, take the reed in hand, and…” — editor's note: John xix. 29.
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Catena Aurea on John
- Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John
He who appeared man, suffered all these things; He who was God, ordered them: After this Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished; i. e. knowing the prophecy in the Psalms, And when I was thirsty, they…
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They were not softened at all by what they saw, but were the more enraged, and gave Him the cup to drink, as they did to criminals, i. e. with a hyssop.
Read the whole comment - Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John
The hyssop around which they put the spunge full of vinegar, being a mean herb, taken to purge the breast, represents the humility of Christ, which they hemmed in and thought they had circumvented. (ὑσσώπῳ…
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Some say that the hyssop is put here for reed, its leaves being like a reed. When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, He said, It is finished.
Read the whole comment - Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John
viz. what prophecy had foretold so long before.
Read the whole comment - BedeCatena Aurea on John
It may be asked here, why it is said, When Jesus had received the vinegar, when another Evangelists says, He would not drink. (Mat. 27:34) But this is easily settled. He did not receive the vinegar, to drink it, but…
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Then as there was nothing left Him to do before He died, it follows, And He bowed His head, and gave up the ghost, only dying when He had nothing more to do, like Him who had to lay down His life, and to take it up…
Read the whole comment - Gregory the GreatCatena Aurea on John
Ghost is put here for soul: for had the Evangelist meant any thing else by it, though the ghost departed, the soul might still have remained.
Read the whole comment - John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on John
He did not bow His head because He gave up the ghost, but He gave up the ghost because at that moment He bowed His head. Whereby the Evangelist intimates that He was Lord of all.
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For who ever had such power to sleep when he wished, as our Lord had to die when He wished? What power must He have, for our good or evil, Who had such power dying?
Read the whole comment - Theophylact of OhridCatena Aurea on John
Our Lord gave up His ghost to God the Father, shewing that the souls of the saints do not remain in the tomb, but go into the hand of the Father of all; while sinners are reserved for the place of punishment, i. e. hell.
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Cross-references · 14
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith III.14.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith III.14.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith III.14.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith III.14.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith III.14.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith III.14.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith III.14.
Cited together in Bede on John 19:28–30 (Catena Aurea) and 1 other place.
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels III.18.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith III.14.
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels III.18.
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels III.18.
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels III.18.
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels III.18.