23And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh: but he received it not.
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They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink.
For I say unto you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine, until the kingdom of God shall come.
And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering him vinegar,
After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst. …
And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed them; and they made ready the passover.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 22-32)We have here the crucifixion of our Lord Jesus. I. The place where he was crucified; it was called Golgotha—the place of a scull : some think, because of the heads of malefactors that were there cut off: it was the common place of execution, as Tyburn, for he was in all respects numbered with the transgressors. I know not how to give any credit to it, but divers of the ancients mention it as a cur…
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