Matthew 27:34 (WEB)
they gave him sour wine to drink mixed with gall. When he had tasted it, he would not drink.
Fathers and councils · 29
Tertullian
“…actually and thoroughly suffering, suffered not for any evil action of His own, but “that the Scriptures from the mouth of the prophets might be fulfilled.”” — editor's note: See Matt. xxvi. 56; xxvii. 34, 35; John xix. 23, 24, 28, 32–37.
Read the whole comment“For it was after the gall He tasted the honeycomb and He was not greeted as King of Glory in heavenly places till He had been condemned to the cross as King of the Jews, having first been made by the Father for a time a little less than the angels, and so crowned with glory and honour.” — editor's note: [A very striking collocation of Matt. xxvii. 34, and Luke xxiv. 42.]
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John Damascene
“And once again, the Gospel tells us that, He, having come into the place, said ‘I thirst’: and they gave Him some vinegar mixed with gall, and when He had tasted it He would not drink.” — editor's note: St. Matt. xxvii. 33 and 34; St. John xix. 28 and 29.
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Catena Aurea on John
- BedeCatena Aurea on John
“(Mat.” — the author cites it
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Augustine of Hippo
“…and hath the gall which the Jews gave to the Lord in the Passion, hath something sharp to be endured, whereby they are shown that gave Him vinegar to drink.…For here both sweet are temporal pleasures, and bitter are temporal tribulations: but who would not drink the cup of tribulation temporal, fearing the fire of…” — editor's note: Matt. xxvii. 34.
Read the whole comment“The same Matthew next adds, “and they gave Him wine to drink, mingled with gall; and when He had tasted thereof, He would not drink.”” — editor's note: Matt. xxvii. 34.
Read the whole comment“Then He hung on the cross itself at the sixth hour, and yielded up His spirit at the ninth hour.” — editor's note: Matt. xxvii. 23–50
Read the whole comment“For when the things which pertain to His passion are prophetically spoken there also in the person of Christ, that is mentioned which is unfolded in the Gospel: “They gave me gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar for drink.”” — editor's note: Ps. lxix. 21; Matt. xxvii. 34, 48.
Read the whole comment“Do therein what the Lord did when they offered Him the bitter draught, “He tasted, and spat it out;” so also you hear and cast away.” — editor's note: Matt. xxvii. 34.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“Taste gall for the taste’s sake; drink vinegar; seek for spittings; accept blows, be crowned with thorns, that is, with the hardness of the godly life; put on the purple robe, take the reed in…” — editor's note: Matt. xxvii. 34.
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Aphrahat
“…was the healer of all sick men, yet nails were fastened into His hands; though His mouth brought forth things that were good, yet they gave Him gall to eat; though He injured no man and harmed none, yet He was beaten with stripes and endured shame; and though he was Saviour of all mortals, He delivered Himself to…” — editor's note: Matt. xxvii. 26, 34.
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- Glossa OrdinariaCatena Aurea on Matthew
After the Evangelist had narrated what concerned the mocking of Christ, he proceeds to His crucifixion.
Read the whole comment - Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on Matthew
This is to be understood to have been done at the end of all when He was led off to crucifixion after Pilate had delivered Him up to the Jews.
Read the whole comment - JeromeCatena Aurea on Matthew
It is to be noted, that when Jesus is scourged and spit upon, He has not on His own garments, but those which He took for our sins; but when He is crucified, and the show of His mockery is completed, then He takes…
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Of the cloak it is mentioned that they took it off Him, but of the crown of thorns the Evangelists have not spoken, so that there are now no longer those ancient thorns of ours, since Jesus has taken them from us…
Read the whole comment - John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Matthew
The Lord would not suffer under a roof, or in the Jewish Temple, that you should not suppose that He was offered for that people alone; but without the city, without the walls, that you might know that the sacrifice…
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Let none think that John’s narrative contradicts this place of the Evangelist. John says that the Lord went forth from the praetorium bearing His cross; Matthew tells, that they found a man of Cyrene upon whom they…
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Or, as they went out, they laid hold of Simon, but when they drew near to the place in which they would crucify Him, they laid the cross upon Him that He might bear it. Simon obtained not this office by chance, but…
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Figuratively, the nations take up the cross, and the foreigner by obedience bears the ignominy of the Saviour.
Read the whole comment - Hilary of PoitiersCatena Aurea on Matthew
For a Jew was not worthy to bear Christ’s cross, but it was reserved for the faith of the Gentiles both to take the cross, and to suffer with Him.
Read the whole comment - Remigius of AuxerreCatena Aurea on Matthew
For this Simon was not a man of Jerusalem, but a foreigner, and denizen, being a Cyrenean; Cyrene is a town of Lybia. Simon is interpreted ‘obedient,’ and a Cyrenean ‘an heir;’ whence he well denotes the people of…
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Or otherwise; By Simon who bears the burden of the Lord’s cross are denoted those who are abstinent and proud; these by their abstinence afflict their flesh, but seek not within the fruit of abstinence. Thus Simon…
Read the whole comment - Rabanus MaurusCatena Aurea on Matthew
“Golgotha” is a Syriac word, and is interpreted Calvary.
Read the whole comment - JeromeCatena Aurea on Matthew
[ed. note, b: He probably refers to an anonymous disputant, of whom he speaks more at length in his Commentary on Ephesians 5, 14; but a tradition to the same effect is mentioned by Origen, whose words, as preserved…
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Such is the place of the cross, set up in the centre of the earth, that it might be equally free to all nations to attain the knowledge of God.
Read the whole comment - Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on Matthew
“And they gave him to drink wine mingled with gall.” Mark says, “mingled with myrrh.” [Mark 16:23] Matthew put “gall” to express bitterness, but wine mingled with myrrh is very bitter; though indeed it might be, that…
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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 69:12] And God addresses Jerusalem, “I had planted…
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“And when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink.” That Mark says, “But he received it not,” we understand to mean that He would not receive it to drink thereof. For that He tasted it Matthew bears witness; so…
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Or, He therefore refused the “wine mingled with gall, because the bitterness of sin is not mingled with the incorruption of eternal glory.
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Cross-references · 17
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith III.14.
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels III.12.
Cited together in The Chaplet, or De Corona Chapter 14.
Cited together in Bede on John 19:28–30 (Catena Aurea) and 1 other place.
Cited together in Bede on John 19:28–30 (Catena Aurea) and 1 other place.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith III.14.
Cited together in The Chaplet, or De Corona Chapter 14.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith III.14.
Cited together in The Chaplet, or De Corona Chapter 14.
Cited together in The Chaplet, or De Corona Chapter 14.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith III.14.
Cited together in The City of God XVII.19.
Cited together in The City of God XVII.19.
Cited together in The City of God XVII.19.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith III.14.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith III.14.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith III.14.