I dont believe he drank any, but could this be why when a person is insulted we say of the person who does the insulting "He sure has alot of gall"?
2006-12-02 13:18:07 · 12 answers · asked by Midge 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
"The drink offered to our Lord was vinegar (made of light wine rendered acid, the common drink of Roman soldiers) "mingled with gall," or, according to Mark (15:23), "mingled with myrrh;" both expressions meaning the same thing, namely, that the vinegar was made bitter by the infusion of wormwood or some other bitter substance, usually given, according to a merciful custom, as an anodyne to those who were crucified, to render them insensible to pain. Our Lord, knowing this, refuses to drink it. He would take nothing to cloud his faculties or blunt the pain of dying. He chooses to suffer every element of woe in the bitter cup of agony given him by the Father "
2006-12-02 13:31:34 · answer #1 · answered by arewethereyet 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually no. The reason that the Romans tried to give Jesus the wine mixed with gall, was to numb Jesus to the pain of the suffering on the cross.
The reason that people use the statement "He sure has a lot of gall" actually means that they are saying the person has a lot of nerve to say the insulting things that they are saying.
2006-12-02 13:26:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it's not. Gall in the case you're referring to, is vinegar. People also refer to a cantankerous man who has a lot of balls as being "full of piss and vinegar".
2006-12-02 13:22:44 · answer #3 · answered by enslavementality 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It was vinegar on a sponge and the use a sword to put it to his lips and he sucked on it and said it is finished.
2006-12-02 13:26:46 · answer #4 · answered by Stand 4 somthing Please! 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm sure that was just water, but he become water in wine like Dionisius the greek god.
2006-12-02 13:23:50 · answer #5 · answered by Mister N 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I thought it was vinegar or wine that turned to vinegar
2006-12-02 13:29:24 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not sure. But I do miss the flavor of a good Merlot.
2006-12-02 13:20:02 · answer #7 · answered by Illegals Are S*** 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
what the heck is gall?
2006-12-02 13:23:47 · answer #8 · answered by booellis 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Never heard that one before. I thought it was vinegar.
2006-12-02 13:22:15 · answer #9 · answered by GraycieLee 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
it was actually water
2006-12-02 13:20:42 · answer #10 · answered by spanky 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋