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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
Theophylact of Ohrid
But the soldiers offered Christ vinegar, as it were ministering unto a king, for it follows, saying, If thou art the king of the Jews, save thyself.
Ancient Greek Expositor
Now the Devil, seeing that there was no protection for him, was at a loss, and as having no other resource, tried at last to offer Him vinegar to drink. But he knew not that he was doing this against himself; for the bitterness of wrath caused by the transgression of the law, in which he kept all men bound, he now surrendered to the Saviour, who took it and consumed it, in order that in the place of vinegar, He might give us wine to drink, which wisdom had mingled. (Prov. 9:5.)
Western Saints
Bede
But the soldiers also mocked him, approaching and offering him vinegar, and saying: If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself. The vinegar itself was the Jews, degenerating from the wine of the patriarchs and prophets. With this vinegar, indeed, the soldiers gave the Lord to drink, whom they handed over to death at their suggestion. And it is to be noted, that the Jews, blaspheming, mockingly rejected the name of Christ and the Son of God, credited to them by the authority of Scripture. …
Bonaventure
Sixth, as regards the cruelty of those mocking the Crucified, he adds: But the soldiers also mocked him. The soldiers indeed mocked him before the crucifixion, according to what is said in John nineteen: "The soldiers, plaiting a crown of thorns, placed it upon his head and clothed him in a purple garment. …
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