I must say that I immediately dismiss all theological and theological versions and "testimonies" like: a) "Jesus was offered wine with a sweet (then drug) Jesus refused it; b) "He was given a drink of vinegar mixed with bile" in order to mock for a very simple reason - it is obvious to me that all these "testimonies" are nothing more than an attempt to draw the history of Jesus to the ears of the Old Testament: "My tongue clung to my larynx "(Psalm 21:16)," And they gave me bile for food, and gave me vinegar in my thirst "(Psalm 68:22).
The authors of the Gospel texts simply tried (and they succeeded) to prove that Jesus is the same messiah mentioned in the ancient psalms. And most importantly: I can not imagine that the Roman legionary had with him bile ... Where did he get bile, where was it kept, why did not he deteriorate under the scorching sun of Palestine? Questions, questions, questions ...
For the Roman, the executed Jesus was, above all, some kind of extravagant Jewish fanatic, alien and mentally, and by culture, and by language, and by religion. It is hard to imagine that a Roman soldier would have to carry a stinking vessel with bile only to give it to Jesus. Weighed these promises, you can understand that some Roman soldier just gave Jesus a drink before his death.
Get drunk with what the soldier had at hand. Something ordinary, cheap and affordable. That was then the usual and everyday maintenance of a soldier's flask.
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