They offered him wine mixed with myrrh to drink, but he didn’t take it.
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They offered him wine mixed with myrrh to drink, but he didn’t take it.
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and they gave him to drinke wyne myngled with myrte but he receaved it not.
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And they gaue him to drinke wine mingled with myrrhe: but he receiued it not.
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- Matthew 27:34 they gave him sour wine to drink mixed with gall. When he had tasted it, he would not drink.
- Luke 22:18 for I tell you, I will not drink at all again from the fruit of the vine, until God’s Kingdom comes.”
- Luke 23:36 The soldiers also mocked him, coming to him and offering him vinegar,
- John 19:28-30 After this, Jesus, seeing that all things were now finished, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, said, “I am thirsty.” Now a vessel full of vinegar was set there; so they put a sponge full of the vinegar on hyssop, and held it at his mouth. When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, “It is finished.” He bowed his head, and gave up his spirit.
- Matthew 26:19 The disciples did as Jesus commanded them, and they prepared the Passover.
- Mark 14:25 Most certainly I tell you, I will no more drink of the fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it anew in God’s Kingdom.”
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 23 And they gave him to drink wine mingled…
23 And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh: but he received it not.
Ver. 23. Wine mingled with myrrh] This was not the same potion with that in Mar 15:36; Mat 27:48, but another.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And it was the third hour, and they crucified…
And it was the third hour, and they crucified him. The time of the daily sacrifice of the morning, at which the priests ought to have been; and the time when the sanhedrim usually began to sit (x); for
"the grand sanhedrim sat from the daily sacrifice of the morning, to the daily sacrifice of the evening:''
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but this being an extraordinary case, and they in a hurry to put Jesus to death, had been sitting up all night; and early in the morning had procured the sentence of death on him, which they were going to execute by the time they used to sit: this was about nine o'clock in the morning, and takes in the time between that and twelve at noon. The Ethiopic version reads, "and it was the sixth hour", to make it agree with Joh 19:14; and for the reconciling of these two places; see Gill on Joh 19:14.
(x) Maimon. Hilch. Sanhedrin, c. 3, sect. 1.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Wine mingled ... - Matthew says “vinegar.” It was…
Wine mingled ... - Matthew says “vinegar.” It was probably “wine soured,” so that it might be called either. This was the common drink of the Roman soldiers.
Myrrh - See the notes at Mat 27:34.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain St. Matthew says mixed with gall; for gall is…
St. Matthew says mixed with gall; for gall is here used for bitterness, and wine that has myrrh in it is a very strong bitter; although, perhaps, both gall and myrrh might have been ingredients to increase the bitterness. (St. Augustine) --- Or, in the confusion that was occasioned, some might have offered him one thing, some another; one person giving vinegar and gall, another wine mixed with myrrh. (Theophylactus) --- Wine mingled with myrrh may perhaps be used for vinegar. (St. Jerome) --- This was given to criminals, to lessen their torments. Our Lord was pleased to taste the bitterness, but he would not permit the relief which the admittance of the same into his stomach might have afforded. Thus so were the scriptures fulfilled: they gave me gall for my food, and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink. (Psalm lxviii.) (Ven. Bede)
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 23. they gave him] More literally, they offered Him.
23. they gave him] More literally, they offered Him.
wine mingled with myrrh] It was a merciful custom of the Jews to give those condemned to crucifixion, with a view to producing stupefaction, a strong aromatic wine. Lightfoot tells us (Hor. Heb. ii. 366) it was the special task of wealthy ladies at Jerusalem to provide this potion. The custom was founded on Rabbinic gloss on Pro_31:6, “Give strong drink to him that is perishing, and wine to those whose soul is in bitterness.”
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but he received it not] The two malefactors, who were led forth with Him, probably partook of it, but He would take nothing to cloud His faculties.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (23) Wine mingled with myrrh.—Note this description as in…
(23) Wine mingled with myrrh.—Note this description as in part explaining St. Matthew’s “wine mingled with gall.”
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And they offered him wine mingled with myrrh: but…
And they offered him wine mingled with myrrh: but he received it not. There were two occasions on which drink was offered to our Lord during the agonies of his crucifixion. The first occasion is that mentioned by St. Matthew, (Mat_27:34) when they offered him wine mingled with gall. This was a kind of stupefying liquor, a strong narcotic, made of the sour wine of the country, mingled with bitter herbs, and mercifully administered to dull the sense of pain. This was offered before the actual crucifixion took place. It is to this first occasion that St. Mark here refers. The words in the original are (kai edidoun autw esmurnismenon onion), "they were giving, they offered him." But he received it not. He would not seek alleviation of the agonies of the crucifixion by any drugged potion which might render him insensible. He would bear the full burden consciously. The second occasion on which drink was offered to him was after he had been some hours on his cross, and when the end was drawing near; and it was then given in answer to his exclamation, "I thirst." This drink does not appear to have been mingled with any stupefying drug; and we do not read that he refused it. St. Mark does not record this second occasion.
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C. I. Scofield 1917 · Public Domain The stupefying drink usually given to those crucified.
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The stupefying drink usually given to those crucified.
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 15:23 Whether Jesus was offered a drink of wine…
15:23 Whether Jesus was offered a drink of wine drugged with myrrh in kindness (Prov 31:6) or in mockery is uncertain. Jesus refused the drink, for he had committed himself to drinking the cup that God had given him (Mark 10:38-39; 14:36). • Myrrh has been used since before Jesus’ time to treat wounds and infections and for digestive ailments.
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