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34they offered Him wine to drink, mixed with gall; but after tasting it, He refused to drink it.
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Matthew 27:34
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They gave him wine mixed with gall to drink. And after tasting it, he was not willing to drink.
*Oinos* is "wine" (not vinegar, which is *oxos* — that appears in v.48); *cholē* is "gall," a bitter substance. The verb *ēthelēsen* is "was willing" or "chose," preserving his active refusal rather than a passive inability — he tasted and then deliberately declined.
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34They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink.
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34they offered him a drink of wine mixed with gall, and when he tasted it he would not drink it.
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34When they got there, they mixed with wine something that tasted very bitter. They gave it to Jesus to drink so that he would not feel so much pain when they nailed him on the σταυρός · staurosPrimary classical Greek meaning: upright stake or pole. Liddell-Scott-Jones lexicon, Oxford.. But when he tasted it, he refused to drink it. Some soldiers took his clothes.
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they offered Him wine to drink, mixed with gall; but after tasting it, He refused to drink it.
they offered him a drink of wine mixed with gall, and when he tasted it he would not drink it.
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they offered Him wine to drink, mixed with gall; but after tasting it, He refused to drink it.
they offered him a drink of wine mixed with gall, and when he tasted it he would not drink it.
They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink.
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ἔδωκαν give δίδωμι dídōmi a prolonged form of a primary verb (which is used as an alternative in most of the tenses); to give (used in a very wide αὐτῷ he αὐτός autós from the particle (perhaps akin to the base of G109 (ἀήρ) through the idea of a baffling wind) (backward); the reflexive πιεῖν drink πίνω pínō a prolonged form of ; which (together with another form) ; occurs only as an alternate in certain tenses; to imbibe (lit ⸀ οἶνον wine οἶνος oînos a primary word (or perhaps of Hebrew origin (H03196)); wine (literally or figuratively) wine μετὰ with μετά metá a primary preposition (often used adverbially); properly, denoting accompaniment; amid (local or causal); modified vario χολῆς gall χολή cholḗ feminine of an equivalent perhaps akin to the same as 5514 (from the greenish hue); gall or bile, i.e. (by analogy) pois μεμιγμένον mix μίγνυμι mígnymi a primary verb; to mix mingle · καὶ and καί kaí apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force; and, also, even, so then, too γευσάμενος taste γεύομαι geúomai a primary verb; to taste; by implication, to eat; figuratively, to experience (good or ill) eat, taste οὐκ not οὐ ou a primary word; the absolute negative (compare G3361 (μή)) adverb; no or not + long, nay, neither, never, no (X man), no ⸀ ἠθέλησεν will θέλω thélō apparently strengthened from the alternate form of G138 (αἱρέομαι); to determine (as an active option from subjective im πιεῖν drink πίνω pínō a prolonged form of ; which (together with another form) ; occurs only as an alternate in certain tenses; to imbibe (lit .
they offered Him wine to drink, mixed with gall; but after tasting it, He refused to drink it.
Where the New Testament uses stauros, this site shows the Greek word alongside its primary classical meaning in brackets. Stauros meant stake or upright stake in classical Greek — the Liddell-Scott-Jones lexicon (Oxford University Press) lists this as its first definition, citing Homer and Herodotus. The word itself does not specify material; wood is implied by the context of the era, not encoded in the Greek term.
Where the New Testament uses xylon, this site shows the Greek word alongside its meaning of tree or wood — xylon does specify material, and is already translated as tree by the NIV, ESV, and KJV in Acts 5:30, Galatians 3:13, and 1 Peter 2:24.
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