Matthew 27:32-34
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
32 (A)As they were going out, they met a Cyrenian named Simon; this man they pressed into service to carry his cross.
The Crucifixion. 33 (B)And when they came to a place called Golgotha (which means Place of the Skull), 34 (C)they gave Jesus wine to drink mixed with gall.[a] But when he had tasted it, he refused to drink.
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- 27:34 Wine…mixed with gall: cf. Mk 15:23 where the drink is “wine drugged with myrrh,” a narcotic. Matthew’s text is probably an inexact allusion to Ps 69:22. That psalm belongs to the class called the individual lament, in which a persecuted just man prays for deliverance in the midst of great suffering and also expresses confidence that his prayer will be heard. That theme of the suffering Just One is frequently applied to the sufferings of Jesus in the passion narratives.
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