Gall in Matthew 27

Matthew 27:34 There they offered Jesus wine to drink, mixed with gall; but after tasting it, he refused to drink it. 

I'm reading this text and some questions come to mind. 

- Why is the reference to gall mentioned at all? Luke and John don't provide this detail and Mark doesn't call it Gall.

- Why does it say that, "after tasting it, he refused to drink it." The Son of God would know what was being offered .... wouldn't he?

If Gall is offered as a drug to the condemned to ease their way into death ---- after they just tortured a guy? Compassion seems out of place here but that could just be me. Why doesn't the text mentioned this drink being offered to the other two who were crucified with Jesus? Wouldn't that make it read something like this; "There they offered those to be crucified wine to drink, mixed with gall; but after tasting it, Jesus refused to drink it." But that's not what the text says. Perhaps there is more. Perhaps not. 

Consider this, Gall is a bitter, poisonous herb. It is also a term used to describe an unfaithfulness to God.

Deuteronomy 29:18 Make sure there is no man or woman, clan or tribe among you today whose heart turns away from the LORD our God to go and worship the gods of those nations; make sure there is no root among you that produces such bitter poison. 

Lamentations 3:19 I remember my affliction and my wandering, the bitterness and the gall. 

Could this Gall reference be something more? Could Matthew be saying that even here, at this time, Jesus would keep His faith and trust in God? There may not be a definitive answer but something I'll ponder.

Grace & Peace,

- Curtis