Section 17
we may be as sinful as the thief, we too can be redeemed from the curse and go immediately to be with the Lord in Paradise. But in John the Lord Jesus died to release and impart Himself as life into the disciples, thus making all the disci ples identified with Him. Consequently, all the disciples are sons to His mother.
MOCKED BY BEING OFFERED VINEGAR
John 19:28 and 29 continue, "After this, Jesus, knowing that all things had now been accom plished that the Scripture might be fulfilled, said, I thirst. A vessel full of vinegar was lying there; so they put a sponge full of vinegar on hyssop and brought it to His mouth." Thirst is a taste of death (Luke 16:24; Rev. 21:8). The Lord Jesus suffered it for us on the cross (Heb. 2:9). The hys sop here should be the "reed" in Matthew 27:29 and Mark 15:19, which was a hyssop reed. At the beginning of His crucifixion, the wine mingled with gall and myrrh (Matt. 27:34; Mark 15:23) was offered to the Lord as a stupefying draught, which He would not drink. But at the end of His crucifixion, when He was thirsty, vinegar was offered to Him in a mocking way (Luke 23:36). In His crucifixion, the Lord's rights of clothing and drink were robbed along with His life.