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Luke 5:37 KJV
Luke · chapter 5 · verse 37
And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish.Luke 5:37 · King James Version
Luke 5:37 in context
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.
37And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish.
38But new wine must be put into new bottles; and both are preserved.
39No man also having drunk old wine straightway desireth new: for he saith, The old is better.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- puttethballōto throw or let go of a thing without caring where it falls, to scatter, to throw, cast…G906 →
- bottlesaskosa leathern bag or bottle, in which water or wine was keptG779 →
- spilledekcheōto pour out, shed forth, metaph. to bestow or distribute largelyG1632 →
- burstrhēgnymito rend, burst or break asunder, break up, break through, to tear in pieces, to break…G4486 →
- wineoinoswine, metaph. fiery wine of God's wrathG3631 →
- elseei de mē (ge)otherwise, but if notG1490 →
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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