Bible Strands
Luke 5:38
Instead, new wine is poured into new wineskins.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jesus addresses the Pharisees and John’s disciples in response to their inquiry about fasting practices. He uses agricultural imagery to explain why his followers do not observe the traditional fasts.
The words — ἀσκοὺς (askous) refers to the leather containers used for holding liquids, and βλητέον (blēteon) expresses necessity, meaning "must be put." The literal text commands that fresh wine must be placed into new containers.
The thread — This old-versus-new pattern appears in Ezekiel 36:26 with a new heart replacing a stone one, in Hebrews 8:8 concerning a new covenant, and in 2 Corinthians 5:17 where the old passes away and the new arrives.
Why it lands — The text requires acknowledging that fermenting wine will destroy rigid, aged containers. It demands aligning new realities with appropriate structures rather than forcing them into outdated forms.
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The Greek words
King James Version
But new wine must be put into new bottles; and both are preserved.
Cross-references
- Hebrews 8:8 But God found fault with the people and said: “Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.
- 2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!
- Ezekiel 36:26 I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.
- Galatians 4:9 But now that you know God, or rather are known by God, how is it that you are turning back to those weak and worthless principles? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again?
- Galatians 5:1 It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be encumbered once more by a yoke of slavery.
- Revelation 21:5 And the One seated on the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.” Then He said, “Write this down, for these words are faithful and true.”
- 1 Timothy 4:8 For physical exercise is of limited value, but godliness is valuable in every way, holding promise for the present life and for the one to come.
- Hebrews 13:9 Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace and not by foods of no value to those devoted to them.
- Galatians 2:4 This issue arose because some false brothers had come in under false pretenses to spy on our freedom in Christ Jesus, in order to enslave us.
- Galatians 2:12 For before certain men came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles. But when they arrived, he began to draw back and separate himself, for fear of those in the circumcision group.