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....
THE CONDITIONS OF A MIRACLE (Luke 5:1-11)...
They said to him, "John's disciples fast frequently and pray. So do the disciples of the Pharisees; but your disciples eat and drink." Jesus said to them, "You cannot make the children of the bridecha...
THE DAYS WILL COME. there will come days [for those]. WHEN. All the texts read "and when", following up the Figure of speech _Aposiopesis_ (App-6), as though the time for revealing the fact of His cr...
_the days will come_ Rather, BUT THERE WILL COME DAYS. _when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them_ Rather, AND WHEN (καὶ A, B, D). Comp. John 16:16, "A little while and ye shall not see me." T...
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...
ἘΛΕΎΣΟΝΤΑΙ ΔῈ ἩΜΈΡΑΙ. ‘But there will come days.’ ΚΑῚ ὍΤΑΝ�' ΑΥ̓ΤΩ͂Ν Ὁ ΝΥΜΦΊΟΣ. ‘And when’ (καὶ ABD). Comp. John 16:16, “A little while and ye shall not see me.” The verb used—ἀπαρθῇ—occurs nowhere el...
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...
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...
But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days. BUT THE DAYS WILL COME, [ Eleusontai (G2064 ) de (G1161 ) heemerai...
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...
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...
καὶ ὅταν : Mt. and Mk. place the καὶ before τότε in the next clause. Lk.'s arrangement throws more emphasis on ἡμέραι : there will come _days_, and when, etc. The καὶ may be explicative (= _et quidem_...
_Fasting_ (Matthew 9:14-17; Mark 2:18-22)....
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...
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...
3 _d. Luke 5:33-39_. _Instruction concerning Fasting._...
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...
(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...
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...
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...
BUT THE DAYS WILL COME,.... And that in a very little time, as they did: WHEN THE BRIDEGROOM SHALL BE TAKEN AWAY FROM THEM: as their master, John, was taken away from them, and now in prison, and the...
But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days. Ver. 35. _And then shall they fast_] This is fulfilled, saith Bellarmine, in our Len...
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...
A question of fasting:...
BUT THE DAYS WILL COME WHEN THE BRIDEGROOM SHALL BE TAKEN AWAY FROM THEM, AND THEN SHALL THEY FAST IN THOSE DAYS. The Pharisees had allies, more or less openly, in the disciples of John. Misunderstand...
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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Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book V Do ye who are able fast the day of the preparation and the Sabbath-day entirely, tasting nothing till the cock-crowing of the night; but if any one is not ab...
Luke 5:35 But G1161 days G2250 come G2064 (G5695) when G3752 G2532 bridegroom G3566 away G522 ...
“But the days will come, and when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, then will they fast in those days.” But then Jesus comes in with an ominous warning. The words He has spoken confirm tha...
A QUESTION ABOUT FASTING. JESUS HAS COME AS THE PROMISED BRIDEGROOM (5:33-35). The revelation of the glory of Jesus continues. Not only is He the Son of Man Who can forgive sins, and God's Physician...
Luke 5:35. See on Matthew 9:15. Observe the solemnity of the correct reading....
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...
THEN IN THOSE DAYS (τοτε εν εκειναις ταις ημεραις). Here Mark 2:20 has "then in that day," and Matthew 9:15 only "then....
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...
_But the days will come when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them_ DUTIES ARE NOT TO BE PRESSED INDISCRIMINATELY ON ALL PERSONS AND AT ALL TIMES Our Lord makes fasting a duty, but, neverthele...
_No man putteth a piece of a new garment upon an old_ THE PATCHED GARMENT We appreciate easily the offensiveness of what is incongruous. It is fatal alike to beauty, to symmetry, and to effectivenes...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 5:35 WHEN THE BRIDEGROOM IS TAKEN AWAY refers to Jesus’ death. IN THOSE DAYS refers to the time between Jesus’ death and resurrection, and also after he has returned to heaven. Durin...
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...
1 Corinthians 7:5; 2 Corinthians 11:27; Acts 1:9; Acts 13:2; Acts 13:3
But the days will come when, etc. [ε λ ε υ σ ο ν τ α ι δ ε η μ ε ρ α ι κ α ι ο τ α ν]. The A. V. follows a reading which omits kai, and, which is inserted in all the best texts. The thought is broken...