From Nave’s Topical Bible
Vinegar
Every passage the 1896 Nave’s Topical Biblegathers under this heading, in Nave’s own arrangement and then in Bible order. MannaFest has not written this page — it is the older index, transcribed, with the Word travelling beside each reference.
- 9Passages listed
- 7Books of the 66
- 1896Nave's edition
How Nave’s arranged it
- (A sour wine)
- Forbidden to NazaritesNumbers 6:3
- Used with foodRuth 2:14Psalms 69:21Proverbs 10:26Proverbs 25:20
- Offered to Christ while on the cross withMatthew 27:34Matthew 27:48John 19:29Mark 15:23
The passages, in Bible order (9)
The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 9 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.
- Numbers 6:3
he is to abstain from wine and strong drink. He must not drink vinegar made from wine or strong drink, and he must not drink any grape juice or eat fresh grapes or raisins.
Commentary on Numbers 6:31 voice
He shall separate himself from wine,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Ruth 2:14
At mealtime Boaz said to her, “Come over here; have some bread and dip it into the vinegar sauce.” So she sat down beside the harvesters, and he offered her roasted grain, and she ate and was satisfied and had some left over.
Commentary on Ruth 2:141 voice
And Boaz said, at mealtime come thou hither,.... This looks as if she was now in the booth, or house in the field, where the reapers used to retire to eat their food, or rest themselves, or take shelter from the heat of the sun. This meal was very likely dinner, the time of which was not yet come, but would soon, and to which Boaz invited Ruth: and eat of the bread; his servants did, that is, partake of the provisions they should have; bread being put for all.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Psalms 69:21
They poisoned my food with gall and gave me vinegar to quench my thirst.
Commentary on Psalms 69:211 voice
However, we must know that Psalm 68 [LXX], which contains the statement, "The zeal of your house has devoured me," and a little later "They gave me gall for my food, and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink," both having been recorded in the Gospels, is placed in the mouth of Christ, indicating no change in the person of the speaker.
Origen of Alexandria· COMMENTARY ON THE GOSPEL OF JOHN 10:222, 253Patristic
- Proverbs 10:26
Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so is the slacker to those who send him.
Commentary on Proverbs 10:261 voice
Just as vinegar to the teeth, etc. Just as the treachery of heretics generates trouble and tears for good teachers, so a Catholic living badly is a burden through laziness to those who have been commanded to show their faith through works. For the eyes …
Bede· Commentary on Proverbs, 735Patristic
- Proverbs 25:20
Like one who removes a garment on a cold day or vinegar poured on a wound is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.
Commentary on Proverbs 25:201 voice
Vinegar upon niter, etc. Niter took its name from the province of Nitria, where it is especially accustomed to be produced; nor does it differ much from the appearance of ammoniac salt. For just as salt is made on the seashore by the heat of …
Bede· Commentary on Proverbs, 735Patristic
- Matthew 27:34
they offered Him wine to drink, mixed with gall; but after tasting it, He refused to drink it.
Commentary on Matthew 27:342 voices
They gave him vinegar to drink,.... It was a custom with the Jews (o) when "a man went out to be executed, to give him to drink a grain of frankincense in a cup of wine, that his understanding might be disturbed, as it is said, Pro 31:6. "Give strong drink to him that is ready to perish, and wine to those that be of heavy hearts"; and the tradition is, that the honourable women in Jerusalem gave this freely; but if they did not, it was provided at the charge of the congregation.
John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)Reformed
The bitter vine makes bitter wine; this they gave the Lord Jesus to drink, that that might be fulfilled which was written, They gave me also gall for my meat. (Ps. 69:21.) And God addresses Jerusalem, I had planted there a true vine, how art thou turned into the bitterness of a strange vine? (Jer. 2:21.)
Jerome· Catena Aurea by Aquinas, 420Patristic
- Matthew 27:48
One of them quickly ran and brought a sponge. He filled it with sour wine, put it on a reed, and held it up for Jesus to drink.
Commentary on Matthew 27:482 voices
(Verse 48.) And immediately one of them, running, filled a sponge with vinegar and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink. And these things were done so that the prophecy would be fulfilled: They gave me vinegar for my thirst (Psalm 68:22). Even to this day, the Jews and all the unbelievers give Jesus vinegar and gall to drink on the Sunday of his resurrection; and they give him wine mixed with myrrh to make him sleepy, so that he does not see their evil.
Jerome· Commentary on Matthew, 420Patristic
And straightway one of them ran and took a sponge,.... Which was not far from the cross, where a vessel full of vinegar was set, Joh 19:29, and filled it with vinegar; dipping it into it, it sucked it up. Some of these sponges had leathern handles to them. (r).
John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)Reformed
- Mark 15:23
There they offered Him wine mixed with myrrh, but He did not take it.
Commentary on Mark 15:231 voice
He is lifted up and nailed to the Tree, but by the Tree of Life He restoreth us; yea, He saveth even the Robber crucified with Him; yea, He wrapped the visible world in darkness. He is given vinegar to drink mingled with gall. Who? He who turned the water into wine, who is the destroyer of the bitter taste, who is Sweetness and altogether desire. He lays down His life, but He has power to take it again; and the veil is rent, for the mysterious doors of Heaven are opened; the rocks are cleft, the dead arise.
Gregory of Nazianzus· Oration 29, On the Son, 390Patristic
- John 19:29
A jar of sour wine was sitting there. So they soaked a sponge in the wine, put it on a stalk of hyssop, and lifted it to His mouth.
Commentary on John 19:292 voices
He is given vinegar to drink mingled with gall. Who? He who turned water into wine, the destroyer of the bitter taste who is sweetness and altogether desire.
Gregory of Nazianzus· ON THE SON, THEOLOGICAL ORATION 3(29).20, 390Patristic
Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar,....
John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)Reformed