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 derision, q.d. Thou art a King, and must have generous wines. Here's for thee therefore. See Trapp on " Joh 19:29 " It were happy if this vinegar given our Saviour might melt our adamantine hearts into sorrow.