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New Wine into Old Wineskins (οἶνον νέον εἰς ἀσκοὺς παλαιούς, lit.: New Wine into Old Bags ) is a parable of Jesus . It is found at Matthew 9 ( Matthew 9:14–17 ), Mark 2 ( Mark 2:18–22 ), and Luke 5 ( Luke 5:33–39 ).
Lapide notes that Christ shows three different reasons why the disciples should not be fasting when He is present: By 1) the parable of the Spouse and the wedding, 2) the old and new garment, 3) the new wine, and the old wineskins.
Marks' account follows this with "No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. If he does, the new piece will pull away from the old, making the tear worse. And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined. No, he pours new wine into new ...
Parables are one of the many literary forms in the Bible, but are especially seen in the gospels of the New Testament. Parables are generally considered to be short stories such as the Good Samaritan, and are differentiated from metaphorical statements such as, "You are the salt of the earth." A true parable may be regarded as an extended ...
Its first mentions come from Ancient Greece, where, in the parties called Bacchanalia, dedicated to the god Bacchus by the vintage of this drink, the sacrifice of the goat was offered, following which the wineskin could be made that would conserve the wine.
Aug. 3—Jesus told the Parable of the 10 Virgins in Matthew 25:1-13 to emphasize the necessity of preparing for his return. That's according to the Revs. Donnie Rollie and Windsor Archie, who say ...
Additionally, the chosen people and kingdom of God are compared to a divinely owned vine or vineyard in several places, and the image of new wine being kept in new wineskins, a process that would burst old wineskins, represents that the new faith Jesus was bringing "cannot be contained within the framework of the old."
Verses 1-11 report the call of Jesus' first disciples.Jesus arrives at the Lake of Gennesaret, or Sea of Galilee.Biblical scholar William Smith suggests that "there was a beautiful and fertile plain called 'Gennesaret'" at the northwestern angle of the Sea of Galilee, and "from that was derived the name of 'Lake of Gennesaret'" used by Luke in Luke 5:1. [3]