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Matthew 27:33-34 (KJV)
[SUP]33 [/SUP]And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull,
[SUP]34 [/SUP]They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink.
Greek=vinegar 3690=swift, rapid sour wine “oxos”
As I contemplated this scripture, and started to investigate why Jesus didn’t drink the vinegar at the start of Him being nailed to the cross, I found that the word for vinegar is the same as leaven in three different passages found in the Old Testament. Therefore, to compare these Old Testament relationships with the leaven found in the New Testament, I will quote three verses in 1 Corinthians that would apply.
1 Corinthians 5:6-8 (KJV)
[SUP]6 [/SUP]Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
[SUP]7 [/SUP]Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:
[SUP]8 [/SUP]Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
Greek=leaven 2219=fermentation as in boiling up “zume”
Strong’s reference numbers 2556, 2557, 2558 (Hebrew) are all spelled the same way. All referred to making, baking, drinking or eating food or drink made with yeast. The last letter in this Hebrew word for “leaven” and “vinegar” means “justice.”
Exodus 12:19 (KJV) Strong’s 2556, the act of consumption of 2557 what is baked
[SUP]19 [/SUP]Seven days shall there be no leaven *(Strong’s 7603) found in your houses: for whosoever eateth that which is leavened,(Strong’s 2556 defining the phrase) even that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a stranger, or born in the land.
Leviticus 6:16-18 (KJV) Strong’s 2557
[SUP]16 [/SUP]And the remainder thereof shall Aaron and his sons eat: with unleavened bread shall it be eaten in the holy place; in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation they shall eat it.
[SUP]17 [/SUP]It shall not be baken with leaven. I have given it unto them for their portion of my offerings made by fire; it is most holy, as is the sin offering, and as the trespass offering.
[SUP]18 [/SUP]All the males among the children of Aaron shall eat of it. It shall be a statute for ever in your generations concerning the offerings of the LORD made by fire: every one that toucheth them shall be holy.
Hebrew=leaven 2557=ferment, extortion, leaven
Numbers 6:1-3 (KJV) Strong’s 2558
[SUP]1 [/SUP]And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[SUP]2 [/SUP]Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When either man or woman shall separate themselves to vow a vow of a Nazarite, to separate themselves unto the LORD:
[SUP]3 [/SUP]He shall separate himself from wine and strong drink, and shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried.
Hebrew=vinegar 2558=referring to 2556= pungent, fermented, harsh, leavened
[SUP]33 [/SUP]And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull,
[SUP]34 [/SUP]They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink.
Greek=vinegar 3690=swift, rapid sour wine “oxos”
As I contemplated this scripture, and started to investigate why Jesus didn’t drink the vinegar at the start of Him being nailed to the cross, I found that the word for vinegar is the same as leaven in three different passages found in the Old Testament. Therefore, to compare these Old Testament relationships with the leaven found in the New Testament, I will quote three verses in 1 Corinthians that would apply.
1 Corinthians 5:6-8 (KJV)
[SUP]6 [/SUP]Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
[SUP]7 [/SUP]Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:
[SUP]8 [/SUP]Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
Greek=leaven 2219=fermentation as in boiling up “zume”
Strong’s reference numbers 2556, 2557, 2558 (Hebrew) are all spelled the same way. All referred to making, baking, drinking or eating food or drink made with yeast. The last letter in this Hebrew word for “leaven” and “vinegar” means “justice.”
Exodus 12:19 (KJV) Strong’s 2556, the act of consumption of 2557 what is baked
[SUP]19 [/SUP]Seven days shall there be no leaven *(Strong’s 7603) found in your houses: for whosoever eateth that which is leavened,(Strong’s 2556 defining the phrase) even that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a stranger, or born in the land.
Leviticus 6:16-18 (KJV) Strong’s 2557
[SUP]16 [/SUP]And the remainder thereof shall Aaron and his sons eat: with unleavened bread shall it be eaten in the holy place; in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation they shall eat it.
[SUP]17 [/SUP]It shall not be baken with leaven. I have given it unto them for their portion of my offerings made by fire; it is most holy, as is the sin offering, and as the trespass offering.
[SUP]18 [/SUP]All the males among the children of Aaron shall eat of it. It shall be a statute for ever in your generations concerning the offerings of the LORD made by fire: every one that toucheth them shall be holy.
Hebrew=leaven 2557=ferment, extortion, leaven
Numbers 6:1-3 (KJV) Strong’s 2558
[SUP]1 [/SUP]And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[SUP]2 [/SUP]Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When either man or woman shall separate themselves to vow a vow of a Nazarite, to separate themselves unto the LORD:
[SUP]3 [/SUP]He shall separate himself from wine and strong drink, and shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried.
Hebrew=vinegar 2558=referring to 2556= pungent, fermented, harsh, leavened
[SUB]Great post Just-me,
I've never made that connection between the vinegar and leaven. Makes a lot of sense considering the fermentation process of leaven. Sin left unchecked and unrepented of ferments, as well as new things that we learn in the word and as we learn, more is added., "new wine."
I've found five basic types of leaven that I've taken note of in the bible :
Jesus warned the disciples about the Leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
1. Leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees ( these two are grouped together.)
Matthew 16:6 Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven ofthe Pharisees and of the Sadducees.
2. Leaven of Harod: (I believe that this is pride.)
Mark8:15 And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod.
3.Leaven that is already present in our lives when we becomebelievers.
1 Corinthians 5:7 Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:
4. Leaven of compromise:
Galatians 5: 9 A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.
5. Leaven from Heaven:
Matthew 13:33 Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened. (KJV)
33 And he told them yet another parable. "The Kingdom of Heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed with a bushel of flour, then waited until the whole batch of dough rose." (CJB)
Theword, "Leavened" in the above passage is translated the same as the other passages.
Word: zumow
Pronounce: dzoo-mo'-o
StrongsNumber: G2220
Orig: from2219; to cause to ferment:--leaven. G2219
Use: TDNT-2:902,302 Verb
HebStrong: H2556
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- [SUB] 1) to leaven
2) to mix leaven with dough so as to make it ferment
In Leviticus, during the feast of unleavened bread there's an example of both leavened and unleavened bread as well:
Leviticus 23:6 And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the LORD: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread.
Leviticus 23:14 And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor green ears, until the selfsame day that ye have brought an offering unto your God: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
Leviticus 23:15 And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall be complete:
Leviticus 23:16 Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meat offering unto the LORD.
Leviticus 23:17 Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth deals; they shall be of fine flour; [/SUB][SUB]they shall be baked with leaven; they are the first fruits unto the LORD.
I believe that this shows the process of purging out old leaven, obedience according to God's word, abiding in HIM, and growing in the truth.
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