Noun spongos (sponge) in the Gospels-Acts

(Translation from NRSV)


Matthew

27: 48At once one of them ran and got a sponge (spongos), filled it with sour wine, put it on a stick, and gave it to him to drink.

Mark

15: 36And someone ran, filled a sponge (spongos) with sour wine, put it on a stick, and gave it to him to drink, saying, "Wait, let us see whether Elijah will come to take him down."

John

19: 29A jar full of sour wine was standing there. So they put a sponge (spongos) full of the wine on a branch of hyssop and held it to his mouth.