Matthew 27:34
“They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink.”
And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross.
And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull,
They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink.
And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots.
And sitting down they watched him there;
Counter-Arguments
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Cross-References
“They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.”
“And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh: but he received it not.”
“They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.”
“And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.”
“After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst.”