The Roman Posca — The Jesus Christ’s Last Drink

Posca, the Roman wine of the poor, was basically wine vinegar diluted with water

Peter Preskar
Lessons from History
4 min readNov 12, 2022

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The crucifixion of Jesus Christ (Image:greekreporter.com) and a glass of posca
The crucifixion of Jesus Christ (Image:greekreporter.com) and a glass of posca (Image: Wikimedia Commons)

During the crucifixion, a Roman soldier dipped a sponge into posca and offered it to the dying Jesus Christ to drink.

Immediately one of them ran, and taking a sponge, he filled it with…

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