Mark 15:23

Lexham English Bible

And they attempted to give him wine mixed with myrrh, but he did not take it.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
They tried to give him wine mixed with myrrh, but he did not take it.

King James Version (1611)
And they gaue him to drinke, wine mingled with myrrhe: but he receiued it not.

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

English Standard Version
And they offered him wine mixed with myrrh, but he did not take it.

New American Standard Bible
And they tried to give Him wine mixed with myrrh; but He did not take it.

New Century Version
The soldiers tried to give Jesus wine mixed with myrrh to drink, but he refused.

Amplified Bible
They tried to give Him wine mixed with myrrh [to dull the pain], but He would not take it.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
They tried to give Him wine mixed with myrrh; but He did not take it.

Legacy Standard Bible
And they tried to give Him wine mixed with myrrh; but He did not take it.

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

Contemporary English Version
There they gave him some wine mixed with a drug to ease the pain, but he refused to drink it.

Complete Jewish Bible
and they gave him wine spiced with myrrh, but he didn't take it.

Darby Translation
And they offered him wine [to drink] medicated with myrrh; but he did not take [it].

Easy-to-Read Version
There they gave him some wine mixed with myrrh, but he refused to drink it.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And they gaue him to drinke wine mingled with myrrhe: but he receiued it not.

George Lamsa Translation
And they gave him to drink wine mixed with myrrh; but he would not take it.

Good News Translation
There they tried to give him wine mixed with a drug called myrrh, but Jesus would not drink it.

Literal Translation
And they gave Him wine spiced with myrrh to drink. But He did not take it .

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

Bible in Basic English
And they gave him wine mixed with myrrh; but he did not take it.

Hebrew Names Version
They offered him wine mixed with myrrh to drink, but he didn't take it.

International Standard Version
They tried to give him wine mixed with myrrh, but he wouldn't take it.Matthew 27:34;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
And they gave him to drink wine which was mixed with myrrh; but he would not receive.

Murdock Translation
And they gave him to drink wine in which myrrh was mixed; and he would not receive it.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And they gaue hym to drynke, wyne myngled with myrre: but he receaued it not.

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

World English Bible
They offered him wine mixed with myrrh to drink, but he didn't take it.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh; but he received it not.

Weymouth's New Testament
Here they offered Him wine mixed with myrrh; but He refused it.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thei yauen to hym to drynke wyn meddlid with mirre, and he took not.

Update Bible Version
And they offered him wine mingled with myrrh: but he did not receive it.

Webster's Bible Translation
And they gave him to drink, wine mingled with myrrh: but he received [it] not.

New English Translation
They offered him wine mixed with myrrh, but he did not take it.

New King James Version
Then they gave Him wine mingled with myrrh to drink, but He did not take it.

New Living Translation
They offered him wine drugged with myrrh, but he refused it.

New Life Bible
They gave Him wine with something in it to take away the pain, but He would not drink it.

New Revised Standard
And they offered him wine mixed with myrrh; but he did not take it.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And they would have given him, myrrhed wine, - who, however, received it not.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh. But he took it not.

Revised Standard Version
And they offered him wine mingled with myrrh; but he did not take it.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
and they gave him to drinke wyne myngled with myrte but he receaved it not.

Young's Literal Translation
and they were giving him to drink wine mingled with myrrh, and he did not receive.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And they gaue him wyne myxted wt myrre, to drynke, & he toke it not.

Mace New Testament (1729)
there they offered him myrrhed wine to drink, but he did not take it.

Simplified Cowboy Version
They offered him a shot of wine with some numbing stuff mixed in, but Jesus refused it.

Contextual Overview

²² And they brought him to the place Golgotha (which is translated "Place of a Skull"). ²³ And they attempted to give him wine mixed with myrrh, but he did not take it. ²⁴ And they crucified him and divided his clothes among themselves by casting lots for them to see who should take what. ²⁵ Now it was the third hour when they crucified him. ²⁶ And the inscription of the charge against him was written, "The king of the Jews." ²⁷ And with him they crucified two robbers, one on his right and one on his left. And those who passed by reviled him, shaking their heads and saying, "Aha! The one who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself by coming down from the cross!" In the same way also the chief priests, along with the scribes, were mocking him to one another, saying, "He saved others; he is not able to save himself! Let the Christ, the king of Israel, come down now from the cross, so that we may see and believe! Even those who were crucified with him were reviling him. And when the sixth hour came, darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour. And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, "Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?" (which is translated, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?") And some of the bystanders, when they heard it, said, "Behold, he is summoning Elijah!" And someone ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on a reed, and gave it to him to drink, saying, "Leave him alone! Let us see if Elijah is coming to take him down." But Jesus uttered a loud cry and expired. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. And when the centurion who was standing opposite him saw that he expired like this, he said, "Truly this man was God's Son!" And there were also women observing from a distance, among whom were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and Joses, and Salome, who used to follow him and serve him when he was in Galilee, and many other women who went up with him to Jerusalem. And when it was already evening, since it was the day of preparation (that is, the day before the Sabbath), Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent member of the council who was also himself looking forward to the kingdom of God, came acting courageously and went in to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. And Pilate was surprised that he was already dead, and summoning the centurion, asked him whether he had died already. And when he learned of it from the centurion, he granted the corpse to Joseph. And after purchasing a linen cloth and taking him down, he wrapped him in the linen cloth and placed him in a tomb that had been cut from the rock. And he rolled a stone over the entrance of the tomb. Now Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where he was placed. ²⁸Jesus Taken to Pilate And as soon as morning came, after formulating a plan, the chief priests, with the elders and scribes and the whole Sanhedrin, tied up Jesus, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate. And Pilate asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" And he answered him and said, "You say so." And the chief priests began to accuse him of many things. So Pilate asked him again, saying, "Do you not answer anything? See how many charges they are bringing against you!" But Jesus did not answer anything further, so that Pilate was astonished. Now at each feast he customarily released for them one prisoner whom they requested. And the one named Barabbas was imprisoned with the rebels who had committed murder in the rebellion. And the crowd came up and began to ask him to do as he customarily did for them. So Pilate answered them, saying, "Do you want me to release for you the king of the Jews?" (For he realized that the chief priests had handed him over because of envy.) But the chief priests incited the crowd so that he would release for them Barabbas instead. So Pilate answered and said to them again, "Then what do you want me to do with the one whom you call the king of the Jews?" And they shouted again, "Crucify him!" And Pilate said to them, "Why? What evil has he done?" But they shouted even louder, "Crucify him!" So Pilate, because he wanted to satisfy the crowd, released for them Barabbas. And after he had Jesus flogged, he handed him over so that he could be crucified. So the soldiers led him away into the palace (that is, the governor's residence) and called together the whole cohort. And they put a purple cloak on him, and after weaving a crown of thorns they placed it on him. And they began to greet him, "Hail, king of the Jews!" And they repeatedly struck him on the head with a reed, and were spitting on him, and they knelt down and did obeisance to him. And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the purple cloak and put his own clothes on him, and they led him out so that they could crucify him. And they forced a certain man who was passing by, Simon of Cyrene (the father of Alexander and Rufus), who was coming from the country, to carry his cross. And they brought him to the place Golgotha (which is translated "Place of a Skull"). And they attempted to give him wine mixed with myrrh, but he did not take it. And they crucified him and divided his clothes among themselves by casting lots for them to see who should take what. Now it was the third hour when they crucified him. And the inscription of the charge against him was written, "The king of the Jews." And with him they crucified two robbers, one on his right and one on his left. ²⁹ And those who passed by reviled him, shaking their heads and saying, "Aha! The one who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, ³⁰ save yourself by coming down from the cross!" ³¹ In the same way also the chief priests, along with the scribes, were mocking him to one another, saying, "He saved others; he is not able to save himself!

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

they: Matthew 27:34, Luke 23:36, John 19:28-30

but: Mark 14:25, Matthew 26:19, Luke 22:18

Reciprocal: Psalms 69:21 - vinegar Mark 15:36 - General Luke 23:33 - when

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh,.... Wine mingled with frankincense was what was usually given by the Jews to persons going to die w:

"he that goes to be executed they mix for him, בכוס של יין

קורט של לבונה, "a grain of frankincense in a cup of wine", that his mind may be disturbed, or not sensible; as it is said, Proverbs 31:6, "give strong drink to him that is ready to perish, and wine to the bitter in soul": and the tradition is, that the honourable women in Jerusalem gave this freely, and brought it them; and if they did not, it was provided by the congregation,''

at the public expense; the design of it was to intoxicate, that they might not feel their pain and misery: but neither the rich women in general, nor were the public so disposed towards Christ, as to provide such a potion for him: it is most likely therefore that this was prepared by his friends, as Mary Magdalene, Martha, and others, in order to cheer and refresh his spirits; and was different from what the soldiers gave him, which was vinegar mixed with gall, though the Persic version so reads here:

but he received it not; nor would he so much as taste of it, as he did of the other, to show that he needed no such outward means to support his spirits, nor desired any allay of his sorrows, and was not afraid to meet death in all its terrors; and besides, he had said he would drink no more of the fruit of the vine till he drank it new in his Father's kingdom, Matthew 26:29;

Matthew 26:29- :.

w T. Bab. Sanhedrin, fol. 43. 1. Bemidbar Rabba, sect. 10. fol. 193. 4. Maimon. Hilch. Sanhedrin, c. 13. sect. 2, 3. Moses Kotsensis Mitzvot Tora, pr. affirm. 98.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 Matthew 27:34.