Luke 5:38

But new wine must be put into new bottles; and both are preserved. BUT NEW WINE MUST BE PUT INTO NEW BOTTLES; AND BOTH ARE PRESERVED....

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, that he came to call sinners to repentance, and to assure them of pardon. It was a wonder of his grace, that he so patiently bore the contradiction of sinners against himself and his disciples. It was a wonder of his grace, that he fixed the services of his disciples according to their strength and standing. The Lord trains up his people gradually for the trials allotted them; we should copy his example in dealing with the weak in faith, or the tempted believer....

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 therefore preferable. They who had tasted such mild and mellow wine would not readily drink the comparatively sour and astringent juice of the grape as it came from the press. The meaning of this proverb in this place seems to be this: You Pharisees wish to draw my disciples to the “austere” and “rigid” duties of the ceremonial law - to fasting and painful rites; but they have come under a milder system. They have tasted the gentle and tender blessings of the gospel; they have no “relish” for your stern and harsh requirements. To insist now on their

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 repeated, that it seemed unnecessary to rehearse them afresh; hence to us the seeming abruptness of the introduction of Simon (Peter), James, and John in the scene now about to be related. In the preceding, the healing of Simon's wife's mother of a great fever is related without any explanation, as though Simon Peter's connection with the Lord was a fact too well known to require any comment or explanation. The association of Jesus and these chosen men seems to have commenced as follows: Simon (Peter) and his brother Andrew (sons of Jona), John and James (the sons of Zebedee and Salome), belonged to fisher families dwelling on the banks of the Lake of Gennesaret. They seemed to have been fas...

BUT NEW WINE MUST BE PUT INTO NEW BOTTLES,.... Such as the disciples of Christ were, and sinners called to repentance are, who are renewed by the Spirit and grace of God: and these are filled with spiritual joy and comfort, as with new wine, arising from discoveries of the love of God, a view of interest in the blessings of the covenant, and an application of Gospel truths and promises. AND BOTH ARE PRESERVED; both these renewed ones, who are preserved unto the kingdom and glory of Christ; and the grace that is put into them, which is a well of living water, springing up to everlasting life; as well as the Gospel, and its blessings....

LUKE 5:38 blhte,on {B} The gerundive (the only verbal adjective in &te,oj that occurs in the New Testament) was replaced in a few witnesses by ba,llousin of the Matthean parallel ( Matthew 9:17), from which also was derived the widespread interpolation kai. avmfo,teroi sunthrou/ntai (or throu/ntai)....

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 (Luke 5:27) 5. The Scribes and Pharisees Answered (Luke 5:30) 6. The Parable of the Garment and the Bottle. (Luke 5:36 .) Luke 5:1 Two miraculous draughts of fishes are found in the Gospels. The one he

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. Luke 11:1_. The recasting of the saying about the patch (Luke 5:36) reflects a later age; Christianity was now a made-up garment, when Jesus spoke it was only in the piece. LUKE 5:39. Lk. only. If it was spoken on this occasion it means that John's disciples

THE CONDITIONS OF A MIRACLE (Luke 5:1-11)...

ALSO. PARABLE. a parable also. MAN, &c.. that no one (Greek. _oudeis._ App-105), [having rent. piece] from. new garment, putteth it upon an old, NEW. Greek. _kainos._ See note on Matthew 9:17. if. App-118. BOTH, &c.. he will both rend the new, and the new will not agree with the old. AGREETH. harmonizeth. Greek _sumphoneo._...