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AICNT And someone ran [and] filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on a reed, and gave him a drink, saying, “Let us see if Elijah comes to take him down.”
OEB And a man ran, and, soaking a sponge in common wine, put it on the end of a rod, and offered it to him to drink, saying as he did so, ‘Wait and let us see if Elijah is coming to take him down.’
WEBBE One ran, and filling a sponge full of vinegar, put it on a reed and gave it to him to drink, saying, “Let him be. Let’s see whether Elijah comes to take him down.”
WMBB (Same as above)
NET Then someone ran, filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on a stick, and gave it to him to drink, saying, “Leave him alone! Let’s see if Elijah will come to take him down!”
LSV and one having run, and having filled a sponge with vinegar, having also put [it] on a reed, was giving Him to drink, saying, “Let alone, let us see if Elijah comes to take Him down.”
FBV One man ran and filled a sponge with vinegar, put it on a stick, and tried to give it to Jesus to drink.[fn] “Leave him alone,” he said. “Let's see if Elijah will come to take him down.”
TCNT Then [fn]a man ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on a reed, and gave it to him to drink, saying, “Leave him alone. Let us see if Elijah comes to take him down.”
T4T One of them ran and filled a sponge with sour wine. He placed it on the tip of a reed, and then he held it up for Jesus to suck out the wine that was in it. While he was doing that, someone said, “Wait! Let’s see whether Elijah will come to take him down from the cross!”
LEB And someone ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, put it[fn] on a reed, and[fn] gave it[fn] to him to drink, saying, “Leave him[fn] alone! Let us see if Elijah is coming to take him down.”
BBE And one of them went quickly and, getting a sponge full of bitter wine, put it on a rod, and gave it to him for drink, saying, Let be; let us see if Elijah will come to take him down.
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Wymth Then a man ran to fill a sponge with sour wine, and he put it on the end of a cane and placed it to His lips, saying at the same time, "Wait! let us see whether Elijah will come and take him down."
ASV And one ran, and filling a sponge full of vinegar, put it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let be; let us see whether Elijah cometh to take him down.
DRA And one running and filling a sponge with vinegar, and putting it upon a reed, gave him to drink, saying: Stay, let us see if Elias come to take him down.
YLT and one having run, and having filled a spunge with vinegar, having put [it] also on a reed, was giving him to drink, saying, 'Let alone, let us see if Elijah doth come to take him down.'
Drby And one, running and filling a sponge with vinegar, fixed it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone, let us see if Elias comes to take him down.
RV And one ran, and filling a sponge full of vinegar, put it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let be; let us see whether Elijah cometh to take him down.
Wbstr And one ran and filled a sponge full of vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see whether Elijah will come to take him down.
KJB-1769 And one ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see whether Elias will come to take him down.
(And one ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see whether Elias/Elijah will come to take him down. )
KJB-1611 And one ranne, and filled a spunge full of vineger, and put it on a reed, and gaue him to drinke, saying, Let alone, let vs see whether Elias will come to take him downe.
(And one ranne, and filled a spunge full of vineger, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone, let us see whether Elias/Elijah will come to take him down.)
Bshps And one ran, and fylled a spunge full of vineger, and put it on a reede, & gaue hym to drynke, saying: let hym alone, let vs see whether Elias wyll come and take hym downe.
(And one ran, and filled a spunge full of vineger, and put it on a reede, and gave him to drink, saying: let him alone, let us see whether Elias/Elijah will come and take him down.)
Gnva And one ranne, and filled a spondge full of vineger, and put it on a reede, and gaue him to drinke, saying, Let him alone: let vs see if Elias will come, and take him downe.
(And one ranne, and filled a spondge full of vineger, and put it on a reede, and gave him to drink, saying, Let him alone: let us see if Elias/Elijah will come, and take him down. )
Cvdl Then rane there one, & fylled a spoge wt vyneger, & stickte it vpo a rede, & gaue hi to drynke, & sayde: Holde styll, let se, whether Elias wil come, and take him downe.
(Then rane there one, and filled a spoge with vyneger, and stickte it upo a rede, and gave hi to drink, and said: Holde still, let se, whether Elias/Elijah will come, and take him down.)
TNT And one ran and filled a sponge full of veneger and put it on a rede and gave him to drinke sayinge: let him alone let vs se whether Helyas will come and take him doune.
(And one ran and filled a sponge full of veneger and put it on a rede and gave him to drink saying: let him alone let us see whether Elias/Elijah will come and take him down. )
Wyc And oon ranne, and fillide a spounge with vynegre, and puttide aboute to a reede, and yaf to hym drynke, and seide, Suffre ye, se we, if Helie come to do hym doun.
(And one ranne, and filled a spounge with vynegre, and put about to a reede, and gave to him drink, and said, Suffer ye/you_all, see we, if Elye/Elijah come to do him down.)
Luth Da lief einer und füllete einen Schwamm mit Essig und steckte ihn auf ein Rohr und tränkete ihn und sprach: Halt, laß sehen, ob Elia komme und ihn herabnehme.
(So ran einer and füllete a Schwamm with Essig and steckte him/it on a Rohr and tränkete him/it and spoke: Halt, let see, ob Elia come and him/it herabnehme.)
ClVg Currens autem unus, et implens spongiam aceto, circumponensque calamo, potum dabat ei, dicens: Sinite, videamus si veniat Elias ad deponendum eum.[fn]
(Currens however unus, and implens spongiam aceto, circumponensque calamo, potum dabat ei, saying: Sinite, videamus when/but_if let_him_come Elias to deponendum him. )
UGNT δραμὼν δέ τις, καὶ γεμίσας σπόγγον ὄξους περιθεὶς καλάμῳ, ἐπότιζεν αὐτόν λέγων, ἄφετε, ἴδωμεν εἰ ἔρχεται Ἠλείας καθελεῖν αὐτόν.
(dramōn de tis, kai gemisas spongon oxous peritheis kalamōi, epotizen auton legōn, afete, idōmen ei erⱪetai Aʸleias kathelein auton.)
SBL-GNT δραμὼν δέ ⸂τις καὶ⸃ γεμίσας σπόγγον ὄξους ⸀περιθεὶς καλάμῳ ἐπότιζεν αὐτόν, λέγων· Ἄφετε ἴδωμεν εἰ ἔρχεται Ἠλίας καθελεῖν αὐτόν.
(dramōn de ⸂tis kai⸃ gemisas spongon oxous ⸀peritheis kalamōi epotizen auton, legōn; Afete idōmen ei erⱪetai Aʸlias kathelein auton.)
TC-GNT Δραμὼν δὲ [fn]εἷς, [fn]καὶ γεμίσας σπόγγον ὄξους, περιθείς [fn]τε καλάμῳ, ἐπότιζεν αὐτόν, λέγων, Ἄφετε, ἴδωμεν εἰ ἔρχεται [fn]Ἠλίας καθελεῖν αὐτόν.
(Dramōn de heis, kai gemisas spongon oxous, peritheis te kalamōi, epotizen auton, legōn, Afete, idōmen ei erⱪetai Aʸlias kathelein auton. )
Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).
UTN uW Translation Notes:
Note 1 topic: translate-unknown
σπόγγον
/a/_sponge
A sponge is a soft, porous object that can soak up and hold liquid, which comes out of it when the sponge is squeezed. If your readers would not be familiar with this object, you could use the name of something your readers would use for soaking up liquid, or you could use a general expression. Alternate translation: “something used to soak up liquid”
Note 2 topic: translate-unknown
ὄξους
˱with˲_wine_vinegar
Here, vinegar refers to the inexpensive and sour wine that common people in Jesus’ culture would usually drink. If your readers would not be familiar with this type of beverage, you could use the name of something similar in your area or you could use a more general term. Alternate translation: “with cheap wine” or “with an inexpensive alcoholic beverage”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
περιθεὶς καλάμῳ, ἐπότιζεν αὐτόν
/having/_put_around ˱around˲_/a/_reed /was/_giving_to_drink him
The person put the sponge on a reed, or long stick, so that he could hold the sponge up to Jesus. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make that idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “having put it around a reed, used the reed to lift the sponge up to Jesus to give it to him to drink”
Note 4 topic: writing-quotations
λέγων
saying
Consider natural ways of introducing direct quotations in your language. Alternate translation: “and he declared”
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
ἄφετε
leave_‹it›
Here, the clause Leave him means that no one should do anything more to or for Jesus. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make that idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “Wait” or “Stay away from him”
Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / yousingular
ἄφετε
leave_‹it›
Because this person is speaking to the other people there, the command Leave him is plural.
Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / go
ἔρχεται
/is/_coming
In a context such as this, your language might say “goes” instead of comes. Alternate translation: “goes”
Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
καθελεῖν αὐτόν
/to/_take_down him
Here the man implies that Elijah might take him down from the cross. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make that idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “to take him down from the cross”
