Purifying Blood and Hyssop

When Jesus said, "I thirst!"
He meant to save mankind
He saves us from death's worst
For paradise to find

A dipped hyssop stalk was used
Just as in Israel's day
The destroyer's power was then loosed
Wine was the cleansing way

I've always thought they were being mean by giving Jesus wine vinegar.  Now I have found another theory, which I love!


John 19:28–30

Jesus said, “I am thirsty.”

A jar of wine vinegar was there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put the sponge on a stalk of the hyssop plant,and lifted it to Jesus’ lips. 

When he had received the drink, Jesus said, “It is finished.” 

With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.

Psalm 51:7
Purge me with hyssop, and I will be clean;
wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.

Exodus 12:21–23
Then Moses summoned all the elders of Israel and said to them, “Go at once and select the animals for your families, and slaughter the Passover lamb. Take a bunch of hyssop, dip it into the blood in the basin, and put some of the blood on the top and on both sides of the doorframe. None of you shall go out of the door of your house until morning. When the Lord goes through the land to strike down the Egyptians, he will see the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe and will pass over that doorway, and he will not permit the destroyer to enter your houses and strike you down.”