Calvin's on John 19:29

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29. And, having filled a sponge with vinegar, they fixed it on hyssop. When he says that they fixed the sponge on hyssop, the meaning is, that they fastened it to the end of a bunch of hyssop, that it might be raised to Christ’s mouth; for, in that country, hyssops grow as large as small shrubs, (180) (180) “ Car l’a les hyssopes sont grans comme petits arbnsseaux .” return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-30" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

• part_of pericope/per-jhn-19-005

절 (explains)

bible-text/jhn-19-29

Source

• source-manifest/cal — Calvin's Commentaries (PD)
• evidence_grade: T_theological