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They gave Him . . . drink. Note the five occasions on which this was done; and observe the accuracy of what is said, instead of creating "discrepancies":
1. On the way to Golgotha (Mar_15:23 = were offering, Imperfect Tense), He did not drink.
2. When they arrived there (Mat_27:33), He tasted it, but would not drink.
3. Later, by the soldiers after He was on the cross (Luk_23:36), probably at their own meal.
4. Later still, a proposal made by some and checked by others, but afterward carried out (Mat_27:48).
5. The last about the ninth hour, in response to the Lord's call (Joh_19:29).
vinegar. In the first case, it was wine (Greek. oinon) drugged with myrrh (see Mar_15:22, Mar_15:23). 2. In the second case, it was "vinegar (Greek. oxos) mingled with gall" (Greek. chole) (Mat_27:33). 3. In the third case, it was "sour wine" (Greek. oxos), (Luk_23:36). 4. In the fourth case it was also "sour wine" (Greek. oxoa), (Mat_27:48, as in Mat_27:34). 5. In the fifth case it was the same (Greek. oxoa), (Joh_19:28). These then were the five occasions and the three kinds of drink.
tasted. See notes above. He would not. Greek. thelo.