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No one puts new wine into old wineskins, or else the new wine will burst the skins, and the wine pours out, and the skins will be destroyed; but they put new wine into fresh wineskins."
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New Kingdom, New Structures
Commentators explain that Jesus is making a profound point with this parable. The 'new wine' symbolizes the newness of His kingdom, teachings, and grace. This cannot be contained within the 'old wineskins' of the rigid forms and traditions of Judaism. Attempting to merge the two would destroy both, signifying that Christ's coming requires a completely new framework.
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But new wine into fresh wineskins (αλλα οινον νεον εις ασκους καινους). Westcott and Hort bracket this clause as a Western non-int…
19th Century
Anglican
And the disciples of John... used to fast.—Better, were fasting. See Notes on Matthew 9:14-17. The only differen…
Baptist
The bottles were made of skin, and the wine put into them must be of a suitable kind. To prescribe fasting to His disciples, while He was making th…
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The two parables in these verses were probably spoken on different occasions but both deal with a single theme. Obviously they bear on the question…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And no man putteth new wine into old bottles By "old bottles" are meant, the Scribes and Pharisees, the whole, which…
Presbyterian
Strict professors of faith are inclined to blame all who do not fully measure up to their own views. Christ did not escape slanders; we should be w…
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