Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Luke 5:39
And no man having drunk old wine — And beside, men are not wont to be immediately freed from old prejudices.
And no man having drunk old wine — And beside, men are not wont to be immediately freed from old prejudices.
LUKE 5:39 _include verse_ {A} The external attestation for the inclusion of the verse is almost overwhelming; its omission from several Western witnesses may be due to the influence of Marcion, who...
Verse Luke 5:39. _THE OLD IS BETTER._] χρηστοτερος - Is more _agreeable_ to the _taste_ or _palate_. _Herodotus_, the scholiast on _Aristophanes,_ and _Homer_, use the word in this sense. See _Raphel...
See this passage illustrated in the notes at Matthew 9:14. Luke 5:39 HAVING DRUNK OLD WINE ... - Wine increases its strength and flavor, and its mildness and mellowness, by age, and the old is theref...
CHAPTER 5 _ 1. The Miraculous Drought of Fishes. (Luke 5:1)_ 2. The Leper Healed. (Luke 5:12) 3. The Paralytic Healed. (Luke 5:17) 4. The Call of Matthew and the Feast ...
THE QUESTION OF FASTING (Mark 2:18 *, Matthew 9:14 *). Lk.'s interest in prayer is again (_cf._ Luke 5:16) seen in Luke 5:33, with which cf....
He spoke a parable to them like this: "Nobody puts a patch from a new garment on an old garment. If he does the new will tear it and the patch from the new will not match the old. No one puts new wine...
THE CONDITIONS OF A MIRACLE (Luke 5:1-11)...
BETTER. good. So all the texts....
_having drunk old_ This verse is peculiar to St Luke, and is a characteristic of his fondness for all that is most tender and gracious. It is an expression of considerateness towards the inveterate pr...
The Call and Feast of Levi. On Fasting. The New and the Old 27. _and saw_ Rather, HE OBSERVED. _named Levi_ It may be regarded as certain that Levi is the same person as the Evangelist St Matthew. Th...
ΕΥ̓ΘΈΩΣ. A; omitted by אBCL, Copt. Arm. Aeth. Ti[116] W.H[117] [116] Ti. Tischendorf. [117] W.H. Westcott and Hort. ΧΡΗΣΤΌΣ. אB, Ti[118] W.H[119] χρηστότερος AC, La[120] [118] Ti. Tischendorf. [119...
EXCURSUS III ON PUTTING NEW (νέον) WINE INTO FRESH (καινοὺς) BOTTLES It is usually considered a sufficient explanation of this passage to say that the ‘bottles’ of the ancients were skins, and not b...
THE CALL AND FEAST OF LEVI. ON FASTING. THE NEW AND THE OLD...
Ver 33. And they said to him, Why do the disciples of John fast often, and make prayers, and likewise the disciples of the Pharisees; but you eat and drink? 34. And he said to them, Can you make the c...
ΠΙΏΝ _aor. act. part. (temp.) от_ ΠΊΝΩ (G4095) пить. "После того как выпьет" ΧΡΗΣΤΌΣ (G5543) хороший, полезный, приятный....
NO MAN ALSO, HAVING DRUNK OLD WINE— That is, "As people who have been accustomed to drink wine made mellow with age, do not willingly drink new wine, which for the most part is harsh and unpleasant; s...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 3 Converting Men (Luke 5:27-39) 27 After this he went out, and saw a tax collector, named Levi, sitting at the tax office; and he said to him, Follow me. 28And he left eve...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _The Complaint About Fasting Scripture_ Luke 5:33-39 And they said unto him, The disciples of John fact often, and make supplications; likewise also the _disciples_ of the Pharis...
No man also having drunk old wine straightway desireth new: for he saith, The old is better. NO MAN ALSO HAVING DRUNK OLD WINE STRAIGHTWAY DESIRETH NEW; FOR HE SAITH, THE OLD IS BETTER. These are j...
21-28 Compare Mat_9:9; Mar_2:13-14. 21 Human wisdom and expedience would have urged our Lord to choose for His apostles men of the highest character and reputation. Instead, He chooses those that were...
5:39 new, (b-11) 'New' is _ kainos_ , when used here of 'garment,' _ neos_ of 'wine.' see Note, Hebrews 12:24 ....
(Peculiar to Lk.) Christ means that He cannot expect the disciples of John and of the Pharisees, who have tasted the old wine of the Law, and found it good, to receive at once and without difficulty t...
MIRACULOUS DRAUGHT OF FISHES. THE PALSIED MAN 1-11. First miraculous draught of fishes (peculiar to Lk). Many critics identify this incident with that recorded in Matthew 4:18 and Mark 1:16. But there...
CALL OF LEVI, AND THE CONTROVERSY AS TO FASTING (Matthew 9:9; Mark 2:13). See on Mt....
LUKE’S GOOD NEWS LUKE _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 5 JESUS CALLS THE FIRST *DISCIPLES 5:1-11 V1 The people crowded round Jesus because they were so eager to hear God’s message. He was standing by the...
(33-39) WHY DO THE DISCIPLES OF JOHN FAST? — See Notes on Matthew 9:14; Mark 2:18. St. Luke is less definite than the other two in stating who the questioners were. It is only from St. Mark that we le...
NO MAN ALSO HAVING DRUNK OLD WINE. — This addition is peculiar to St. Luke, and calls accordingly for distinct notice. The interpretation of the imagery is not far to seek. The old wine is the princip...
_Fasting_ (Matthew 9:14-17; Mark 2:18-22)....
_Relative parabolic Logia_. ἔλεγε … ὅτι : an editorial introduction to the parabolic sayings. The first of these, as given by Lk., varies in form from the version in the parallels, suggests somewhat d...
The thought in this verse is peculiar to Lk. It seems to be a genial apology for conservatism in religion, with tacit reference to John and his disciples, whom Jesus would always treat with considerat...
FEASTING AND FASTING Luke 5:27-39 Matthew in his Gospel says nothing of this great feast; the Spirit of God saw that it should not be forgotten. “When saw we thee an hungered, and fed thee?” Matthew...
Four of Jesus' disciples, already called into the relation of discipleship, are here called more definitely to service. Taking command of their vessel, to which in all probability they had returned wi...
CHAPTER 29 MATTHEW'S BEAST Matthew 10:1-17; Mark 2:15-22; Luke 5:29-39. Luke “And Levi made a great feast for Him in his own house; and there was a great multitude of publicans and others who were si...
3 _d. Luke 5:33-39_. _Instruction concerning Fasting._...
VER. 39. _The Third Parable._ The thorough opposition which Jesus has just established between the legal system and the evangelical system (first parable), then between the representatives of the one...
Here we have the second part of the conversation. The expression ἔλεγε δὲ καί, _and He said also_, indicates its range. This expression, which occurs so frequently in Luke, always indicates the point...
In Luke they are the same parties, particularly the scribes, who continue the conversation, and who allege, in favour of the regular practice of fasting, the example of the disciples of John and of th...
4. _The Call of Levi: Luke 5:27-39_. This section relates: 1 _st._ The call of Levi; 2 _d._ The feast which followed, with the discourse connected with it; 3 _d._ A double lesson arising out of a que...
(27) And after these things he went forth, and saw a publican, named Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he said unto him, Follow me. (28) And he left all, rose up, and followed him. (29) And...
REFLECTIONS Reader! think what privileges the men of that generation possessed, which had Christ himself for their preacher! He, who was himself the whole of the covenant, to be the messenger, and adm...
The preface of Luke's gospel is as instructive as the introduction of either of the two preceding gospels. It is obvious to any serious reader that we enter a totally different province, though all be...
_THE EXCELLENCE OF THE LITURGY_ ‘No man having drunk old wine desireth new; for he saith, The old is better.’ Luke 5:39 The excellency of the Liturgy of the Church of England! This is proved by usi...
Luke 5:39._And no person who has drunk old wine. _This statement is given by Luke alone, and is undoubtedly connected with the preceding discourse. Though commentators have tortured it in a variety of...
Man, He was come for men. He will associate others (chapter 5) with Himself in this glorious work. He has a right to do it. If He is in grace a servant, He is so according to the full power of the Hol...
NO MAN ALSO HAVING DRUNK OLD WINE,.... "Wine", though not in the text, is rightly supplied by our translators, as it is by the Syriac and Persic versions: STRAIGHTWAY DESIRETH NEW; new wine: FOR HE S...
And he spake also a parable unto them; No man putteth a piece of a new garment upon an old; if otherwise, then both the new maketh a rent, and the piece that was _taken_ out of the new agreeth not wit...
The contents of these verses occur Matthew 9:14, where they are explained at large. _The disciples of John fast and make prayers_ Long and solemn prayers: _but thine eat and drink_ Freely, though thou...
AND THEY SAID UNTO HIM; in Matthew 9:14, this question is put by the disciples of John; in Mark 2:18, by the disciples of John and of the Pharisees. Jesus gives a general answer to both. For the meani...
When men are taught of Christ, and know by experience the preciousness of his salvation, they will never give up his religion for any other. Good as the advocates of other religions may think theirs t...
Proverbial sayings:...
NO MAN ALSO, HAVING DRUNK OLD WINE, STRAIGHTWAY DESIRETH NEW; FOR HE SAITH, THE OLD IS BETTER. Here are three parabolic or proverbial sayings by which the Lord intends to teach the Pharisees a much-ne...
PETER, JAMES AND JOHN CALLED AS DISCIPLES (vs.1-11) It is good to read in verse 1 that by the Lake of Gennesaret (or Sea of Galilee) the people pressed upon the Lord Jesus, not to see miracles, but t...
27-39 It was a wonder of Christ's grace, that he would call a publican to be his disciple and follower. It was a wonder of his grace, that the call was made so effectual. It was a wonder of his grace...
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Tertullian The Prescription Against Heretics "They have," says He, "Moses and Elias,"[87]...
Luke 5:39 And G2532 one G3762 drunk G4095 (G5631) old G3820 immediately G2112 desires G2309 (G5719) new...
“And no man having drunk old wine desires new, for he says, “The old is good.” But there will always be those who cling to the old wine and prefer it to the new, saying the old is better. That is wha...
Luke 5:39. AND NO MAN HAVING DRANK OLD WINE DESIRETH NEW; FOR HE SAITH, THE OLD IS GOOD. Some authorities read ‘better' (as in E. V.); a reading due to an attempt to explain the sense. This verse give...
Luke 5:29-39. LEVI'S FEAST, etc. This occurred at a later date. See on Matthew 9:10-17; MARK 2:15-22....
CHRONOLOGY. The occurrences mentioned in this section are detailed by Matthew and Mark. The latter (Luke 1:40 to Luke 2:22) places them in the same order, but Matthew inserts the healing of the leper...
THE OLD IS GOOD (Hο παλαιος χρηστος εστιν). So the best MSS. rather that χρηστοτερος, comparative (better). Westcott and Hort wrongly bracket the whole verse, though occurring in Aleph, B C L and mo...
CONTENTS: Miraculous draught of fishes. Healing of a leper and a paralytic. Call of Matthew. The scribes and Pharisees answered. Parables of the garment and bottles. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Simon, Ja...
Luke 5:3. _He sat down, and taught the people out of the ship._ Here he used those beautiful parables, in Matthew 13.; but Matthew's gospel being extant, St. Luke does not repeat the parables in this...
AND SAW A TAX COLLECTOR NAMED LEVI. We know this man better as Matthew. See notes on Matthew 9:9-17. All the "inner circle" of disciples had been disciples of John the Baptist, who then left him to fo...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 5:36 A NEW patch cannot be put on an OLD GARMENT. It will shrink when it is washed, and then tear. Also, one does not put NEW WINE INTO OLD WINESKINS. New, fermenting w
RELIGIOUS LEADERS ASK JESUS ABOUT FASTING MATTHEW 9:14-17; MARK 2:18-22; LUKE 5:33-39; MATTHEW 9:14 Then came to him the disciples of J
CHAPTER 5 VER. 6. _They inclosed a great multitude of fishes_ for Peter had said, "At Thy word I will let down the net." "Behold here the fruit and reward of obedience. Jesus did this 1. In order that...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Luke 5:33.—St. Luke here omits the remarkable fact, noted by St. Matthew and St. Mark, that disciples of John the Baptist joined with disciples of the Pharisees in putting this quest...
EXPOSITION When St. Luke compiled his Gospel, many of the circumstances connected with the early relations of the leaders of Christianity with their Founder were so well known, and had been so often r...
Shall we turn now in our Bibles to Luke's gospel chapter 5. The popularity of the ministry of Jesus is growing. Word is being spread around of the miracles that are being wrought by Him, and now where...
Hebrews 11:1; Hebrews 11:2; Hebrews 11:39; Jeremiah 6:16; Mark 7:7;...
Better [χ ρ η σ τ ο τ ε ρ ο ς]. The best texts read crhstov, good. See on Matthew 11:30. :Luke 6 CHAPTER VI 1 - 5. Compare Matthew 12:1-8; Mark 2:23-2