Luke 5:39

Luke 5:39 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)No man also having drunk old wine straightway desireth new: for he saith, The old is better.
• New International Version (NIV)And no one after drinking old wine wants the new, for they say, ‘The old is better.’ ”
• English Standard Version (ESV)And no one after drinking old wine desires new, for he says, 'The old is good.'"
• New King James Version (NKJV)And no one, having drunk old wine, immediately desires new; for he says, ‘The old is better.’ ”

Context of Luke 5:39

37And nobody pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does that, the new wine will tear the old wineskins. He will lose the wine and the wineskins will also spoil. 38Instead, you must put new wine into new wineskins. Also, nobody wants to drink new wine after he has drunk old wine. He will say, “The old wine is much better.” ’

Luke 5:39 word by word

καὶ οὐδεὶς πιὼν παλαιὸν θέλει νέον, λέγει γάρ· ὁ παλαιὸς χρηστός ἐστιν.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• No manοὐδείςoudeis · noneG3762
• alsoκαίkai · andG2532
• having drunkπίνωpinō piō poō · to drinkG4095
• oldπαλαιόςpalaios · oldG3820
• straightwayεὐθέωςeutheōs · immediatelyG2112
• desirethθέλωthelō ethelō · to will/desireG2309
• newνέοςneos neōteros · newG3501
• forγάρgar · forG1063
• he saithλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• betterχρηστόςchrēstos · good/kindG5543

Cross-references for Luke 5:39

• Jeremiah 6:16The Lord said to his people, ‘Stand at the place where the roads cross, and look carefully. Ask where the ways of your ancestors are. Find the good way, and go along that way. Then you will live in peace.’ But the people said, ‘No, we will not go that way. ’
• Mark 7:7They say that I am great. But what they say has no purpose. They teach their own rules, which I did not give to them.” ’
• Romans 4:11Some time after that, God told Abraham that someone should circumcise him. That would be a mark on his body to show that God had accepted him. God had already accepted Abraham because Abraham believed in him. God did not accept Abraham because they had circumcised him as a Jewish man. This shows that Abraham is like a father to everyone that God has accepted. Like Abraham, God has accepted them because they have believed in him. It is not important that nobody has circumcised them.
• Hebrews 11:1This is what it means to trust God: We will be sure about the things that we hope for. We will be sure in our minds about things that we cannot even see.

Commentaries on Luke 5:39

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 39The old is better - Ϛ - Is more agreeable to the taste or palate. Herodotus, the scholiast on Aristophanes, and Homer, use the word in this sense. See Raphelius. The old wine, among the rabbins, was the wine of three leaves; that is, wine three years old; because, from the time that the vine had produced that wine, it had put forth its leaves three times. See Lightfoot. The miraculous draught of fishes, the cleansing of the leper, the healing of the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 33-39Verses 33-39 See this passage illustrated in the notes at Matthew 9:14-17. Luke 5:39 Having drunk old wine … - Wine increases its strength and flavor, and its mildness and mellowness, by age, and the old is therefore preferable. They who had tasted such mild and mellow wine would not readily drink the comparatively sour and astringent juice of the grape as it came from the press. The meaning of this proverb in this place seems to be this: You Pharisees…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 27-39Verses 27-39 It was a wonder of Christ's grace, that he would call a publican to be his disciple and follower. It was a wonder of his grace, that the call was made so effectual. It was a wonder of his grace, that he came to call sinners to repentance, and to assure them of pardon. It was a wonder of his grace, that he so patiently bore the contradiction of sinners against himself and his disciples. It was a wonder of his grace, that he fixed the services…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 39The old is better: The religious leaders were resistant to change.Read the comment

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• Jesus, the Christ
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Commentaries on Luke 5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings