Jesus Dies on the Cross
28 After this, Jesus, knowing that now at last everything was completed, in order that the scripture would be fulfilled, said, "I am thirsty." 29 A jar full of sour wine was standing there, so they put a sponge full of the sour wine on a branch of hyssop and*Here "and" is supplied because the previous participle ("put") has been translated as a finite verb brought it*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation to his mouth. 30 Then when he had received the sour wine, Jesus said, "It is completed,"Or (traditionally) "it is finished" and bowing his*Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun head, he gave up his*Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun spirit.