Comment on Exclusive: 'Dead Sea Scrolls' at the Museum of the Bible are all forgeries
bricklove@midwest.social 8 months agoI think there’s a theory that the vinegar was posca, a mix of vinegar and water that was better than straight vinegar. Not that that was really a kindness since he’d survive longer and suffer more
c0mbatbag3l@lemmy.world 8 months ago
It was essentially the Gatorade of the day, a roman soldier would have been giving him part of their rations, essentially.
Though idk where you’re getting the part about suffering more, you don’t die from dehydration during crucifixion, you die because you can’t breathe anymore.