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  1. There are two separate incidents in the gospels. In all four, the soldiers offer Jesus sour wine (ὄξος) (Mat 27:48, Mk 15:36, Lk 23:36, Jn 19:29), but a second incident is listed in Matthew and Mark, where the soldier offer Jesus win mixed with gall (οἶνον μετὰ χολῆς, ἐσμυρνισμένον οἶνον) (Mat 27:34, Mk 15:23). Strong's entry for ὄξος gives it as "the mixture of sour wine or vinegar and water which the Roman soldiers were accustomed to drink". In John, the soldiers give him the wine in response to his statement of thirst, so it does seem like a kindness. Luke uses ὄξος instead of οἶνον, but it is possible that he is conflating the two incidents. Interestingly, neither Matthew nor Mark has the soldiers mocking him in the first incident, and while wine and gall (Matthew) would be a nasty trick, Mark's words would translate as wine mixed with myrrh, not gall, which would have been considered an improvement.
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