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Luke 5:39 KJV
Luke · chapter 5 · verse 39
No man also having drunk old wine straightway desireth new: for he saith, The old is better.Luke 5:39 · King James Version
Luke 5:39 in context
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)
- straightwayeutheōsstraightway, immediately, forthwithG2112 →
- desireththelōto will, have in mind, intend, to be resolved or determined, to purpose, to desire, to…G2309 →
- drunkpinōto drink, figuratively, to receive into the soul what serves to refresh strengthen…G4095 →
- saithlegōto say, to speak, affirm over, maintain, to teach, to exhort, advise, to command, direct…G3004 →
- oldpalaiosold, ancient, no longer new, worn by use, the worse for wear, oldG3820 →
- newneosrecently born, young, youthful, newG3501 →
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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