And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh: but he received it not.
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Cyril of Jerusalem
AD 386
What sort of gall did they put in my mouth? “They gave him,” it says, “wine mixed with myrrh.” Myrrh is like gall in taste, and very bitter. “Is the Lord to be thus repaid by you?” Are these the offerings you make to your master, O vine? Catechetical Lectures
