Mark 15:23
“And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh: but he received it not.”
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 unto the place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, The place of a skull.
And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh: but he received it not.
And when they had crucified him, they parted his garments, casting lots upon them, what every man should take.
And it was the third hour, and they crucified him.
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Related Verses
“They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink.”
“And he took the cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them: and they all drank of it.”
“And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering him vinegar,”
“And one ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see whether Elias will come to take him down.”
“Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth.”