Matthew 27:34 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

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 offering, Imperfect Tense), He did not drink.

2. When they arrived there (Matthew 27:33), He tasted it, but would not drink.

3. Later, by the soldiers after He was on the cross (Luke 23:36), probably at their own meal.

4. Later still,. proposal made by some and checked by others, but afterward carried out (Matthew 27:48).

5. The last about the ninth hour, in response to the Lord's call (John 19:29).

vinegar. In the first case, it was wine (Greek. oinon) drugged with myrrh (see Mark 15:22; Mark 15:23). 2. In the second case, it was "vinegar (Greek. oxos) mingled with gall" (Greek. chole) (Matthew 27:33). 3. In the third case, it was "sour wine" (Greek. oxos), (Luke 23:36). 4. In the fourth case it was also "sour wine" (Greek. oxoa), (Matthew 27:48, as in Matthew 27:34). 5. In the fifth case it was the same (Greek. oxoa), (John 19:28). These then were the five occasions and the three kinds of drink.

tasted. See notes above. He would not. Greek. thelo.

Matthew 27:34

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