Matthew 27:34
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34 (A)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.
Mark 15:39
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39 [a](A)When the centurion who stood facing him saw how he breathed his last he said, “Truly this man was the Son of God!”
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- 15:39 The closing portion of Mark’s gospel returns to the theme of its beginning in the Gentile centurion’s climactic declaration of belief that Jesus was the Son of God. It indicates the fulfillment of the good news announced in the prologue (Mk 1:1) and may be regarded as the firstfruit of the passion and death of Jesus.
Luke 23:47
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47 The centurion who witnessed what had happened glorified God and said, “This man was innocent[a] beyond doubt.”
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- 23:47 This man was innocent: or, “This man was righteous.”
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