:TEXT: "they put a sponge full of vinegar on hyssop and" : p66vid S A B D(supp) K L W X \ Pi Psi f1 \ 28 33 565 700 \ 1010 1241 Byz Lect some lat \ vg syr(p) \ cop : KJV ASV RSV NASV NIV NEBn ("marjoram") TEV RANK: ANOTES: "they put a sponge full of vinegar on a javelin and" : 476* : : "they put a sponge full of vinegar on a pole and" : four lat : none : The reading "javelin" is apparently due to a mistake of the eye by a copyist. In Greek "hyssop" is spelled "USSOPO" and "javelin" is spelled "USSO." Since the next word begins with "P," the copyist wrote "USSOP" instead of "USSOPOP." Javelins were not used by the Roman auxiliary troops stationed in Judea, but only by the legionary troops that first came to Judea in A.D. 66. The evidence listed above in braces adds "with gall" from Matthew 27:34.