Mark 15:23 BSB — MannaFest

Mark 15:23

There they offered Him wine mixed with myrrh, but He did not take it.

BSB

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ASV

And they offered him wine mingled with myrrh: but he received it not.

KJV

And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh: but he received it not.

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Commentary

3 voices

Gregory of Nazianzus

Oration 29, On the Son (390)

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.

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The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Wine mingled ... - Matthew says “vinegar.” It was probably “wine soured,” so that it might be called either. This was the common drink of the Roman soldiers. Myrrh - See the notes at Mat 27:34.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Mark (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1857)

The passage we have now read, is one of those which show us the infinite love of Christ toward sinners. The sufferings described in it would fill our minds with mingled horror and compassion, if they had been inflicted on one who was only a man like ourselves. But when we reflect that the sufferer was the eternal Son of God, we are lost in wonder and amazement.

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
ἐδίδουν	edidoun	they were offering	G1325 →
αὐτῷ	autō	Him	G846 →
ἐσμυρνισμένον	esmurnismenon	mixed with myrrh	G4669 →
οἶνον·	oinon	wine;	G3631 →
ὃς	hos	He	G3739 →
δὲ	de	however	G1161 →
οὐκ	ouk	not	G3756 →
ἔλαβεν.¶	elaben	did take [it].	G2983 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 27:34
they offered Him wine to drink, mixed with gall; but after tasting it, He refused to drink it.
leads to
- Psalms 69:21
  They poisoned my food with gall and gave me vinegar to quench my thirst.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 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.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- John 19:28–30
  After this, knowing that everything had now been accomplished, and to fulfill the Scripture, Jesus said, “I am thirsty.”
Through
Luke 22:18
For I tell you that I will not drink of the fruit of the vine from now on until the kingdom of God comes.”
leads to
- Matthew 26:29
  I tell you, I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it anew with you in My Father’s kingdom.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Luke 22:16
  For I tell you that I will not eat it again until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.”
- Isaiah 55:1
  “Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you without money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost!
- Mark 14:25
  Truly I tell you, I will no longer drink of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it anew in the kingdom of God.”
- Luke 21:31

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Mark

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Mark