King James Version
Matthew 27:34 in the King James Version says “They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink.” — study this verse from Matthew chapter 27 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink.”
Matthew 27:34 · KJV
And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross.
And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull,
They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink.
And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots.
And sitting down they watched him there;
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“They gave”
G1325to give (used in a very wide application, properly, or by implication, literally or figuratively; greatly modified by the connection)
“him”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“with”
G3326properly, denoting accompaniment; "amid" (local or causal); modified variously according to the case (genitive association, or accusative succession)
“gall”
G5521"gall" or bile, i.e., (by analogy) poison or an anodyne (wormwood, poppy, etc.)
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“when he had tasted”
G1089to taste; by implication, to eat; figuratively, to experience (good or ill)
“thereof he would”
G2309to determine (as an active option from subjective impulse; whereas g1014 properly denotes rather a passive acquiescence in objective considerations),
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