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Matthew 27

Matt. 27:34 KJV (With Strong’s)

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They gave
didomi (Greek #1325)
to give (used in a very wide application, properly, or by implication, literally or figuratively; greatly modified by the connection)
KJV usage: adventure, bestow, bring forth, commit, deliver (up), give, grant, hinder, make, minister, number, offer, have power, put, receive, set, shew, smite (+ with the hand), strike (+ with the palm of the hand), suffer, take, utter, yield.
Pronounce: did'-o-mee
Origin: a prolonged form of a primary verb (which is used as an alternative in most of the tenses)
him
autos (Greek #846)
the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative 1438) of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
KJV usage: her, it(-self), one, the other, (mine) own, said, (self-), the) same, ((him-, my-, thy- )self, (your-)selves, she, that, their(-s), them(-selves), there(-at, - by, -in, -into, -of, -on, -with), they, (these) things, this (man), those, together, very, which. Compare 848.
Pronounce: ow-tos'
Origin: from the particle αὖ (perhaps akin to the base of 109 through the idea of a baffling wind) (backward)
vinegar
oxos (Greek #3690)
vinegar, i.e. sour wine
KJV usage: vinegar.
Pronounce: oz-os
Origin: from 3691
to drink
pino (Greek #4095)
to imbibe (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: drink.
Pronounce: pee'-no
Origin: πίω (pee'-o), which (together with another form) πόω (po'-o) occurs only as an alternate in certain tenses
mingled
mignumi (Greek #3396)
to mix
KJV usage: mingle.
Pronounce: mig'-noo-mee
Origin: a primary verb
i with
meta (Greek #3326)
properly, denoting accompaniment; "amid" (local or causal); modified variously according to the case (genitive association, or accusative succession) with which it is joined; occupying an intermediate position between 575 or 1537 and 1519 or 4314; less intimate than 1722 and less close than 4862)
KJV usage: after(-ward), X that he again, against, among, X and, + follow, hence, hereafter, in, of, (up-)on, + our, X and setting, since, (un-)to, + together, when, with (+ -out). Often used in composition, in substantially the same relations of participation or proximity, and transfer or sequence.
Pronounce: met-ah'
Origin: a primary preposition (often used adverbially)
gall
chole (Greek #5521)
"gall" or bile, i.e. (by analogy) poison or an anodyne (wormwood, poppy, etc.)
KJV usage: gall.
Pronounce: khol-ay'
Origin: feminine of an equivalent perhaps akin to the same as 5514 (from the greenish hue)
: and
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
when he had tasted
geuomai (Greek #1089)
to taste; by implication, to eat; figuratively, to experience (good or ill)
KJV usage: eat, taste.
Pronounce: ghyoo'-om-ahee
Origin: a primary verb
thereof, he would
thelo (Greek #2309)
to determine (as an active option from subjective impulse; whereas 1014 properly denotes rather a passive acquiescence in objective considerations), i.e. choose or prefer (literally or figuratively); by implication, to wish, i.e. be inclined to (sometimes adverbially, gladly); impersonally for the future tense, to be about to; by Hebraism, to delight in
KJV usage: desire, be disposed (forward), intend, list, love, mean, please, have rather, (be) will (have, -ling, - ling(-ly)).
Pronounce: thel'-o
Origin: or ἐθέλω (eth-el'-o), in certain tenses θελέω (thel-eh'-o), and ἐθελέω (eth-el-eh'-o), which are otherwise obsolete apparently strengthened from the alternate form of 138
not
ou (Greek #3756)
the absolute negative (compare 3361) adverb; no or not
KJV usage: + long, nay, neither, never, no (X man), none, (can-)not, + nothing, + special, un(-worthy), when, + without, + yet but. See also 3364, 3372.
Pronounce: oo
Origin: οὐκ (ook), and (before an aspirate) οὐχ (ookh) a primary word
drink
pino (Greek #4095)
to imbibe (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: drink.
Pronounce: pee'-no
Origin: πίω (pee'-o), which (together with another form) πόω (po'-o) occurs only as an alternate in certain tenses
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Psa. 69:21• 21Yea, they gave me gall for my food, and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink. (Psa. 69:21)

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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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gave.
Matt. 27:48• 48And immediately one of them running and getting a sponge, having filled it with vinegar and fixed it on a reed, gave him to drink. (Matt. 27:48)
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Psa. 69:21• 21Yea, they gave me gall for my food, and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink. (Psa. 69:21)
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Mark 15:23• 23And they offered him wine to drink medicated with myrrh; but he did not take it. (Mark 15:23)
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John 19:28‑30• 28After this, Jesus, knowing that all things were now finished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, says, I thirst.
 29There was a vessel therefore there full of vinegar, and having filled a sponge with vinegar, and putting hyssop round it, they put it up to his mouth.
 30When therefore Jesus had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished; and having bowed his head, he delivered up his spirit. (John 19:28‑30)
vinegar.Mark says wine mingled with myrrh; but as the sour wine used by the Roman soldiers and common people was termed [oinos ] wine, and [oxos ] vinegar, [vin aigre, French,] is sour wine; and as [chole ] gall, is applied to bitters of any kind, it is not difficult to reconcile the two accounts.
• In Matthew's narrative it was the stupefying draft administered to prisoners before they suffered; and this the Lord would not drink. Whereas in John, the Lord, while on the cross, fulfils a scripture…. He wished for no alleviation from man. (“Remarks on Matthew 27” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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they gave to him to drink vinegar mingled with gall; and having tasted it, he would not drink.

W. Kelly Translation

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they gave to him to drink vinegar mingled with gall; and having tasted [it], he would not drink.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)