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Tyndale Open Study Notes on Matthew 27:34

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Modern study notes
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27:34 Giving Jesus wine mixed with bitter gall was probably intended for ridicule (see Ps 69:21). It was also a sedative—Jesus probably rejected it in order to suffer fully for our sins (see Isa 53:10). • Gall, otherwise known as wormwood, is a bitter narcotic made from the oil of Artemisia (cp. Mark 15:23).
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