Vinegar

Vinegar was simply soured wine, sharp and cheap, and field workers routinely dipped their bread in it as a refreshing, everyday meal — exactly what Boaz offered Ruth. Centuries later, a soldier lifted a vinegar-soaked sponge to Jesus’ lips on the cross, the same humble drink given in his final moments.

• “And Boaz said unto her, At mealtime come thou hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers: and he reached her parched corn, and she did eat, and was sufficed, and left.”

  Ruth 2:14

• “And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.”

  Matthew 27:48

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