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Matthew 27:34

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¶ They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink.
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  1. Psalms 69:21Rank 1 from verse 34
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    21They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

  2. Mark 15:23Rank 2 from verse 34
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    23And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh: but he received it not.

  3. Matthew 27:48Rank 3 from verse 34
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    48And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.

  4. John 19:28–30Rank 4 from verse 34
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    28¶ After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst.

    29Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth.

    30When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.

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Matthew 27:34

COMBINED MEANING

gave

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1. Bestowed, delivered, or granted. 2. Caused or appointed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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vinegar

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A sour acidic liquid produced by the souring or acetous fermentation of wine or another drink.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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mingled

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of mingle, meaning to mix or be mixed; to join or be joined with.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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gall

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Sense 1: A bodily organ or its bitter fluid. Sense 2: A bitter or poisonous substance. Sense 3: By figure, extreme bitterness, misery, corruption, iniquity, or bitter judgment.

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tasted

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Sense 1: Perceived by the taste, eaten or drunk. Sense 2: Figuratively, experienced or partaken of.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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33And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull,

34¶ They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink.

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35And 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.

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