they gave him sour wine to drink mixed with gall. When he had tasted it, he would not drink.
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- KJV They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink.
- BSB they offered Him wine to drink, mixed with gall; but after tasting it, He refused to drink it.
- NKJV they gave Him sour wine mingled with gall to drink. But when He had tasted it, He would not drink.
- NASB they gave Him wine mixed with bile to drink; and after tasting it, He was unwilling to drink it.
- NLT The soldiers gave Jesus wine mixed with bitter gall, but when he had tasted it, he refused to drink it.
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- Ps 69:21They also gave me gall for my food. In my thirst, they gave me vinegar to drink.
- Mark 15:23They offered him wine mixed with myrrh to drink, but he didn’t take it.
- Matt 27:48Immediately one of them ran, and took a sponge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him a drink.
- John 19:28–30After this, Jesus, seeing that all things were now finished, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, said, “I am thirsty.”
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