Gall
Robert MORTON
sour wine mix; Matthew 27:34; Mark 15:23
ASV: Matthew 27:34. they gave him wine to drink mingled with gall: and
when he had tasted it, he would not drink.
Wine was to be given according to scripture, to those who were facing
death (Proverbs 31:6-7), but this was not a normal drink of wine.
They mixed with it gall, a bitter tasting drug. wine would have
deadened the pain He was in, the drug would have maid it so He would
not have noticed. It is much like what we do in the United States
when we do death by lethal injection. A drug is given to make the
person unconscious, then the drug that will stop the heat is given. No
pain is felt. If Jesus had taken that mixture He would not have lived
the hell that He was about to go through.
He tasted it though. The bitterness of the gall was a taste of the
sin He was about to feel. He could taste the bitterness and drink it
down and not feel the pain, or He could live the pain. The choice was
to be His. He rejected the drink. He wanted to suffer so that I
would not have to suffer. Any thing less than full consciousness
would not have brought the victory over death, hell and the grave.
Read for next time: He is crucified on the 3rd hour; Mark 15:25
I am not sure that I could do that, I am thankful that He did it for me.
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