Matthew 27:34
They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
And they crucified him,.... That is, the soldiers: they laid the cross upon the ground, and stretched Christ upon it; they extended his two arms as far as they could, to the transverse part of it, and…
Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Barnes' Notes
They gave him vinegar ... - Mark says that, “they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh.” The two evangelists mean the same thing. Vinegar was made of light wine rendered acid, and was the common…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
vinegar … mingled with gall "Wine mingled with myrrh" (Mark). Vinegar= "sour wine" (vinaigre), or posca, such as was ordinarily drunk by the Roman soldiers. The potion was a stupefying draught given…