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Selected Verse: Mark 15:23 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Mr 15:23 |
King James |
And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh: but he received it not. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Wine mingled ... - Matthew says "vinegar." It was probably "wine soured," so that it might be called either. This was the common drink of the Roman soldiers.
Myrrh - See the notes at Mat 27:34. |
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
drink
The stupefying drink usually given to those crucified. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
They gave (ἐδίδουν)
The imperfect tense is used in the same sense as in Mat 3:14 (Rev.), "John would have hindered." They were for giving; attempted to give. So Rev., excellently, offered.
Wine mingled with myrrh (ἐσμυρνισμένον οἶνον)
Lit., myrrhed wine. See on Mat 27:34. |
34 They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink.
34 They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink.
14 But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?