Matthew 27:34 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink. ”

Matthew 27:34 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 co...
Matthew 27:34 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(7) They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted [thereof], he would not drink. (7) Christ found no comfort anywhere, that in him we might be filled with comfort.
Matthew 27:34 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Crucifixion ( Mark 15:21-32 *, Luke 23:26-43 ). Mt. still follows Mk. clearly, the chief alterations being ( a) gall ( Matthew 27:34 ) for myrrh (this is due to Psalms 69:21 , and turns a k...
Matthew 27:34 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

They gave Him... drink. Note the five occasions on which this was done; and observe the accuracy of what is said, instead of creating "discrepancies": 1. On the way to Golgotha ( Mark 15:23 . were...
Matthew 27:34 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

34. And they gave him vinegar. Although the Evangelists are not so exact in placing each matter in its due order, as to enable us to fix the precise moment at which the events occurred; yet...
Matthew 27:34 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof , he would not drink. They gave him vinegar - mingled with gall - Perhaps χολη, commonly translated gall, signifies n...
Matthew 27:34 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall— It was usual to give criminals, before they suffered, a stupifying potion to render them insensible of the ignominy and pain of their punishment; b...
Matthew 27:34 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof he would not drink They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would n...
Matthew 27:34 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Before Pilate. The Crucifixion 1, 2. Jesus delivered to Pilate ( Mark 15:1 ; Luke 23:1 ; John 18:28 : see on Jn).
Matthew 27:34 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Vinegar to drink mingled with gall. — In Mark 15:23 , “wine mingled with myrrh.” The animal secretion known as “gall” is clearly out of the question, and the meaning of the word is determined by i...
Matthew 27:34 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 19 The Great Atonement Day - Matthew 26:1-75 - Matthew 27:1-56 WE enter now on the story of the last day of the mortal life of our Lord and Saviour. We have already noticed the large pr...
Matthew 27:34 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“Where They Crucified Him” Matthew 27:32-44 He will not drink what would dull His keen sense of the momentous issues of the Cross. Those taunts were true. None who save themselves can save othe...
Matthew 27:34 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The morning saw the plot hatched in the night carried into effect. This is chronicled in the first two verses of the chapter. The picture of Judas in his remorse is very terrible. Pilate stands out...
Matthew 27:34 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

"And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross. (33) And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull,...
Matthew 27:34 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

CHRIST REFUSING HELP ‘They gave Him vinegar to drink … and when He had tasted thereof, He would not drink.’ Matthew 27:34 Why not? The Cross was to be endured with full consciousness. I....
Matthew 27:34 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

They gave him vinegar to drink ,.... It was a custom with the Jews o when "a man went out to be executed, to give him to drink a grain of frankincense in a cup of wine, that his understanding might...
Matthew 27:34 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof , he would not drink. Ver. 34. They gave him vinegar, &c. ] Cold comfort to a dying man; but they did it in d...
Matthew 27:34 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha A Syriac word which signifies a scull , or head. In Latin it is called Calvary. The place was so named, either because malefactors used to...
Matthew 27:34 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

All night the Lord Jesus had been subjected to the persecution of the Jewish council. Now early in the morning, determined that He might be put to death as soon as possible, they bring Him bound to t...
Matthew 27:34 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Crucifixion. 33 And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull, 34 They gave him vi...
Matthew 27:34 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ver. 32-34. Mark saith, Mark 15:21-23 , And they compel one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed by, coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear his cross. And they bring him un...
Matthew 27:34 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Final Farewell (27:27-54). In sober words Matthew now portrays what Jesus had to endure from the moment when He was handed over to His executioners to be mocked as ‘the King of the Jews' to th...
Matthew 27:34 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES Matthew 27:27 . The common hall. —Literally, the Prætorium , a word which, applied originally to the tent of the prætor, or general, and so to the headquarters of the camp, had c...
Matthew 27:34 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 27:26-51 (with Mark 15:15-37 ) Christ on the Cross. Christ on the Cross is our subject. You know His history, And when you read, "The people stood beholding" you will be ready to add,...
Matthew 27:34 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

We are now to read about our Lord before Pontius Pilate. Matthew 27:15-30 . Now at that feast the governor was wont to release unto the people a prisoner, whom they would. And they had then a nota...
Matthew 27:34 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The redemption of man is comprised in many scenes. The last supper of our Lord his agony in the garden, for there man first offended the treason of Judas the apprehension of Christ his appearance bef...
Matthew 27:34 - The Biblical Illustrator

And they crucified Him, and parted His garments, casting lots. The watch by the cross The thought of those who with tender heart watch by the cross of Jesus. I. The first thought concerns th...
Matthew 27:34 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Matthew 27:1 , Matthew 27:2 Jesus brought to Pilate. ( Mark 15:1 ; Luke 22:66 ; Luke 23:1 ; John 18:28 .) Matthew 27:1 When the morning was come. This is the e...
Matthew 27:34 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Crucifixion and Death.
Matthew 27:34 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

John 19:28-30 ; Matthew 27:48 ; Mark 15:23 ; Psalms 69:21
Matthew 27:34 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

They gave him vinegar mingled with gall — Out of derision: which, however nauseous, he received and tasted of. St. Mark mentions also a different mixture which was given him, Wine mingled with myrr...

Matthew 27:34 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Matthew 27:34 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Matthew 27:34 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 27:34 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Matthew 27:34 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 27:34 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Matthew 27:34 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Matthew 27:34 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Matthew 27:34 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 27:34 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Matthew 27:34 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Matthew 27:34 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Matthew 27:34 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Matthew 27:34 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Matthew 27:34 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Matthew 27:34 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Matthew 27:34 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Matthew 27:34 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 27:34 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 27:34 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew 27:34 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Matthew 27:34 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 27:34 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Matthew 27:34 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 27:34 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 27:34 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 27:34 - The Biblical Illustrator

Matthew 27:34 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Matthew 27:34 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Matthew 27:34 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Matthew 27:34 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes