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Mat 27:34. Ὄξος, vinegar) St Mark (Mar 15:23) calls it, ἐσμυρνισμένον οἶνον, myrrhed wine: the liquor was of a taste between sweet wine and vinegar (cf. the Gnomon on Mat 27:48), seasoned with myrrh from custom, adulterated with gall from malice.-οὐκ ἤθελε πιεῖν, He would not drink) for that behoved to be deferred to the end of His sufferings; see Joh 19:30. And Jesus wished to retain His senses fully undisturbed, even up to His death.[1194]
[1194] Mat 27:35. σταυρώσαντες, having crucified) Christ, in order to be a blessing to us, was made a curse. Who is there would have dared to assert this, had not the Apostle declared it? Gal 3:13. Let the passages also. Gen 3:6, Joh 3:14, 1Pe 2:24, be well weighed.-Harm., p. 563.-διεμερισαντο τὰ ἱμάτια αὐτοῦ, they parted His garments) When the very poorest man dies, he has at least some covering on his body: Jesus had none. Not even are His garments given up to His friends and relatives, but to the soldiers.-Harm., p. 564.