Luke 5:39
“No man also having drunk old wine straightway desireth new: for he saith, The old is better.”
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Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870Luke 5:33-39
See this passage illustrated in the notes at Mat 9:14-17. Luk 5:39 Having drunk old wine ... - Wine increases its…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
The old is better - ΧρηϚοτερος - Is more agreeable to the taste or palate. Herodotus, the scholiast on Aristophanes, and…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Luke 5:27-39
All this, except the last verse, we had before in Matthew and Mark; it is not the story of any miracle in nature wrought…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
having drunk old This verse is peculiar to St Luke, and is a characteristic of his fondness for all that is most tender…
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