Mark 15:23 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

They offered Him wine, mixed with aromatic spices, but He refused to accept it. [Note: Matt. 27:34 calls this “gall,” a bitter drug for the purpose of dulling the pain of crucifixion].

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh: but he received it not.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And they [attempted to] give Him wine mingled with myrrh, but He would not take it.

American Standard Version (1901)

And they offered him wine mingled with myrrh: but he received it not.

Common English Bible

They tried to give him wine mixed with myrrh, but he didn’t take it.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And they gave him wine with myrrh to drink. But he did not accept it.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh; but he took it not.

Mark 15:23 Cross References