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  • Matthew 27:34
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 34 they gave him wine mixed with gall* to drink;+ but after tasting it, he refused to drink it.

  • Matthew 27:34
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
    • 34 ἔδωκαν they gave αὐτῷ to him πιεῖν to drink οἶνον wine μετὰ with χολῆς gall μεμιγμένον· having been mixed; καὶ and γευσάμενος having tasted οὐκ not ἠθέλησεν he willed πιεῖν. to drink.

  • Matthew 27:34
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 34 they gave him wine mixed with gall+ to drink; but, after tasting it, he refused to drink.+

  • Matthew 27:34
    The Bible in Living English
    • 34 they gave him wine mixed with gall to drink; and when he had tasted it he would not drink.

  • Matthew 27:34
    American Standard Version
    • 34 they gave him wine to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted it, he would not drink.

  • Matthew 27:34
    The Emphasized Bible
    • 34 they gave him to drink wine with gall mingled, and tasting he would not drink.

  • Matthew 27:34
    King James Version
    • 34 They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink.

  • Matthew
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2026
    • 27:34 it-2 650, 1157; jy 298; w11 8/15 15; w91 2/1 8; gt chapter 125; w89 7/15 25

  • Matthew
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
    • 27:34 g79 1/8 28; w78 3/15 32; w71 249; ad 1318, 1637

  • Matthew
    Research Guide for Jehovah’s Witnesses—2019 Edition
    • 27:34

      Insight, Volume 2, pp. 650, 1157

      Jesus—The Way, p. 298

      The Watchtower,

      8/15/2011, p. 15

      2/1/1991, p. 8

      7/15/1989, p. 25

  • Matthew Study Notes—Chapter 27
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 27:34

      gall: The Greek word kho·leʹ here refers to a bitter liquid made from plants or a bitter substance in general. Matthew records that this event was a fulfillment of the prophecy at Ps 69:21, where the Septuagint uses this Greek word to render the Hebrew word for “poison.” Apparently, women of Jerusalem had prepared the mixture of wine and gall to dull the pain of those being executed, and the Romans did not object to its use. The parallel account at Mr 15:23 says that the wine was “drugged with myrrh,” so the drink evidently contained both myrrh and bitter gall.

      he refused to drink it: Jesus evidently wanted to have full possession of all his faculties during this test of his faith.

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