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They offered him wine mixed with myrrh to drink, but he didn`t take it.
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A Merciful Sedative
Commentators explain that the 'wine mingled with myrrh' was a customary drink offered to those being crucified. Its purpose was to act as a sedative or painkiller, dulling the senses to the excruciating pain. One scholar notes this was often a merciful act provided by charitable women in Jerusalem.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Wine mingled, etc. Matthew says, vinegar. It was probably wine soured, so that it might be called either. This was the common dri…
They offered him (εδιδουν αυτω). Imperfect tense where Matthew has the aorist εδωκαν.
Mingled with myrrh (…
19th Century
Anglican
Wine mingled with myrrh.—Note this description as in part explaining St. Matthew’s wine mingled with gall.
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Baptist
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 b…
Someone offered Jesus wine mixed with myrrh when he arrived at the place of execution. It must have been needed to deaden the pain (see comment on …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh Wine mingled with frankincense was what was usually given by the …
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