- gall for my meat:
- Bochart, from a comparison of this passage with "Nowª there was setª° a vesselª fullª of vinegar:ª andª they¹ filledª° a spungeª with vinegar,ª andª put [it] uponª° hyssop,ª and¹ put²° [it]¹ to hisª mouth.ª" {Jhn 19:29}, thinks that rosh is the same herb as the evangelist calls υσσωπος, hyssop; a species of which, growing in Judea, he proves from Isaac ben Orman, an Arabian writer, to be so bitter as not to be eatable. Theophylact expressly tells us, that the hyssop was added ως δηλητεριωδος, as being deleterious, or poisonous, and Nonnus, in his paraphrase, says, Ωρεγεν υσσωπωκεκερασμενον οξος ολεθρου "One gave the deadly acid mixed with hyssop." "Why¹¹ do we¹ sit¹ still?²° assemble²° yourselves,¹ and let us enterª° into¹ the defencedª cities,ª and let us be silentª° there:¹ for¹ the LORDª our Godª hath put us to silence,ª° and given us waterª of gallª to drink,ª° because¹ we have sinnedª° against the LORD.ª" {Jer 8:14} + "Therefore¹ thus¹ saithª° the LORDª of hosts,ª the Godª of Israel;ª Behold,¹ I will feedª° them, [even]¹ this¹ people,ª with wormwood,ª and give them waterª of gallª to drink.ª°" {Jer 9:15} + "Therefore¹ thus¹ saithª° the LORDª of hostsª concerning¹ the prophets;ª Behold,¹ I will feedª° them with wormwood,ª and make them drinkª° the waterª of gall:ª for¹ from¹¹ the prophetsª of Jerusalemª is profanenessª gone forthª° into all¹ the land.ª" {Jer 23:15} + "They gaveª° himª vinegarª to drinkª° mingledª° withª gall:ª andª when he had tastedª° [thereof], he wouldª° notª drink.ª°" {Mtt 27:34} + "Andª straightwayª oneª ofª themª ran,ª° andª tookª° a spunge,ª andª filledª° [it] with vinegar,ª andª put¹ [it] on²° a reed,ª and gave²° him² to drink.ª°¹" {Mtt 27:48}
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