Luke 5:35

Luke 5:35 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.
• New International Version (NIV)But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; in those days they will fast.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast in those days."
• New King James Version (NKJV)But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them; then they will fast in those days.”

Context of Luke 5:35

33They said to him, “John’s disciples frequently fast and say prayers, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees. But your disciples eat and drink.” 34Jesus asked them, “Can you force wedding guests to fast while the groom is still with them? The time will come when the groom will be taken away from them. At that time they will fast.” 36He also used these illustrations: “No one tears a piece of cloth from a new coat to patch an old coat. Otherwise, the new cloth will tear the old. Besides, the patch from the new will not match the old. 37People don’t pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the new wine will make the skins burst. The wine will run out, and the skins will be ruined.

Luke 5:35 word by word

ἐλεύσονται δὲ ἡμέραι, καὶ ὅταν ἀπαρθῇ ἀπ᾽ αὐτῶν ὁ νυμφίος, τότε νηστεύσουσιν ἐν ἐκείναις ταῖς ἡμέραις.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Butδέde · thenG1161
• the daysἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250
• will comeἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
• ·καίkai · andG2532
• whenὅτανhotan · when(-ever)G3752
• the bridegroomὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the bridegroomνυμφίοςnumphios · bridegroomG3566
• shall be taken awayἀπαίρωapairō · to take awayG522
• fromἀπόapo · away fromG575
• themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• and thenτότεtote · thenG5119
• shall they fastνηστεύωnēsteuō · to fastG3522
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• thoseἐκεῖνοςekeinos · thatG1565

Cross-references for Luke 5:35

• Luke 24:17He asked them, “What are you discussing?” They stopped and looked very sad.
• Daniel 9:26But after the sixty-two sets of seven time periods, the Anointed One will be cut off and have nothing. The city and the holy place will be destroyed with the prince who is to come. His end will come with a flood until the end of the destructive war that has been determined.
• Zechariah 13:7“Arise, sword, against my shepherd, against the man who is my friend,” declares the Lord of Armies. “Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered. Then I will turn my hand against the little ones.”
• John 12:8You will always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me with you.”
• John 13:33Jesus said, “Dear children, I will still be with you for a little while. I’m telling you what I told the Jews. You will look for me, but you can’t go where I’m going.
• John 14:3If I go to prepare a place for you, I will come again. Then I will bring you into my presence so that you will be where I am.
• John 16:4But I’ve told you this so that when it happens you’ll remember what I’ve told you. I didn’t tell you this at first, because I was with you.
• John 16:28I left the Father and came into the world. Again, ⌞as I’ve said,⌟ I’m going to leave the world and go back to the Father.”
• John 17:11I won’t be in the world much longer, but they are in the world, and I’m coming back to you. Holy Father, keep them safe by the power of your name, the name that you gave me, so that their unity may be like ours.
• Acts 1:9After he had said this, he was taken to heaven. A cloud hid him so that they could no longer see him.
• Acts 3:21Heaven must receive Jesus until the time when everything will be restored as God promised through his holy prophets long ago.
• Isaiah 22:12On that day the Almighty Lord of Armies will call for crying and for mourning, for shaving your heads and for wearing sackcloth.
• Matthew 6:17When you fast, wash your face and comb your hair.
• Acts 13:2While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set Barnabas and Saul apart for me. I want them to do the work for which I called them.”
• Acts 14:23They had the disciples in each church choose spiritual leaders, and with prayer and fasting they entrusted the leaders to the Lord in whom they believed.
• 1 Corinthians 7:5Don’t withhold yourselves from each other unless you agree to do so for a set time to devote yourselves to prayer. Then you should get back together so that Satan doesn’t use your lack of self-control to tempt you.

Commentaries on Luke 5:35

• 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. 34-35Can you make the guests of the bridegroom fast: Just as it would be inappropriate for anyone to fast at a wedding celebration, it was inappropriate for people to fast while the Christ (the Messiah, God's chosen king) was with them. God’s final salvation is a great wedding feast that God prepares for his people (Isaiah 25:6–8; Luke 14:15–24).Read the comment

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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