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Luke 5:39 Cross-References
Explore 5 cross-references for Luke 5:39 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Luke chapter 5 verse 39 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“No man also having drunk old wine straightway desireth new: for he saith, The old is better.”
Luke 5:39 (KJV)
Commentary on Luke 5:39
No man also having drunk old wine straightway desireth new: for he saith, The old is better—This final verse completes Jesus's parable about wineskins (5:36-39), adding a psychological observation missing from Matthew and Mark's accounts. The Greek eutheos (εὐθέως, straightway/immediately) emphasizes the instinctive preference: The old is better (ho palaios chrestos estin, ὁ παλαιὸς χρηστός ἐστιν)—literally "the old is good/pleasant."Jesus diagnoses human resistance to the new covenant: people comfortable with old religious systems (Judaism's traditions) resist the gospel's newness not from th...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Luke 5:39
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“having had testimony given to them through their faith”
“Stand you in the ways and see”
“teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.'{Isaiah 29:13}”
“a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while he was in uncircumcision”
“proof of things not seen.”