And immediately one of them ran and got a sponge, soaked it in sour wine and, attaching it to a stick, [lifted it up] and offered Jesus a drink.
Matthew 27:34 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) they offered Jesus wine mixed with a bitter drug [i.e., for the purpose of dulling the pain of crucifixion. Mark 15:23 calls it “myrrh”], but when He tasted it He refused to drink it. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 they gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition They offered Him wine mingled with gall to drink; but when He tasted it, He refused to drink it. American Standard Version (1901) they gave him wine to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted it, he would not drink. Common English Bible they gave Jesus wine mixed with vinegar to drink. But after tasting it, he didn’t want to drink it. Catholic Public Domain Version And they gave him wine to drink, mixed with gall. And when he had tasted it, he refused to drink it. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And they gave him wine to drink mingled with gall. And when he had tasted, he would not drink. |
And immediately one of them ran and got a sponge, soaked it in sour wine and, attaching it to a stick, [lifted it up] and offered Jesus a drink.
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].
For it is impossible to get people who were once enlightened [by the Gospel message], and who had experienced the gift from heaven [i.e., forgiveness, never ending life, etc. See Rom. 6:23], and who had partaken of the [indwelling] Holy Spirit [See Acts 2:38],