Charles Spurgeon Commentary Mark 15:23

"And they offered him wine mingled with myrrh: but he received it not." — Mark 15:23 (ASV)

And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh: but he received it not.

He did not wish to have his sufferings abated, but to bear them to the bitter end. Christ does not forbid that pain should be alleviated in the case of others, whenever that is possible; but, in his own case, it was not fitting that it should be so relieved, since he was to bear the full brunt of the storm of vengeance that was due on account of sin.