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Luke 5:34 KJV
Luke · chapter 5 · verse 34
And he said unto them, Can ye make the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them?Luke 5:34 · King James Version
Luke 5:34 in context
32I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
33And they said unto him, Why do the disciples of John fast often, and make prayers, and likewise the disciples of the Pharisees; but thine eat and drink?
34And he said unto them, Can ye make the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them?
35But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.
36And 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 with the old.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- bridechambernymphōnthe chamber containing the bridal bed, the bridal chamber, of the friends of the…G3567 →
- bridegroomnymphiosa bridegroomG3566 →
- childrenyhiosa son, rarely used for the young of animals, generally used of the offspring of men, in a…G5207 →
- saideiponto speak, sayG2036 →
- makepoieōto make, with the names of things made, to produce, construct, form, fashion, etc., to be…G4160 →
- fastnēsteuōto abstain as a religious exercise from food and drink either entirely, if the fast…G3522 →
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All this, except the last verse, we had before in Matthew and Mark; it is not the story of any miracle in nature wrought by our Lord Jesus, but it is an account of some of the wonders of his grace, which, to those who understand things aright, are no less cogent proofs of Christ's being sent of God than the other. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 27-39