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Matthew 9:17 Cross-References
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“Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved. bottles: or, sacks of skin, or, leather”
Matthew 9:17 (KJV)
Commentary on Matthew 9:17
The second parable extends the first: 'Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved' (ουδε βαλλουσιν οινον νεον εις ασκους παλαιους ει δε μηγε ρηγνυνται οι ασκοι). 'Bottles' (ασκοι) were wineskins made from animal hides. New wine ferments, producing gas that expands flexible new wineskins but bursts old, brittle ones. The result: lost wine and ruined wineskins. Jesus teaches that new covenant realities require new forms and structures. The gospel's dynamic, ...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Matthew 9:17
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