Matthew in his Gospel says nothing of this great feast; the Spirit of God saw that it should not be forgotten. "When saw we thee an hungered, and fed thee?" Matthew 25:37. Advertise yourself and God will leave you unnoticed. You will have had your reward. Be content to do things, as Jesus appointed, and Matthew 6:4 will follow.
Let us not cling to the broken bottle-skins of the past, whether they be out-worn ceremonies, creeds or formulations of truth. Let the ferment of each great religious movement and new era express itself in its own way. We must not encourage the ill-judged speed of those who want to force the pace, and fling away the bottle-skins before they are done with. But if the bottle-skins have evidently served their purpose and lie discarded on the ground, that will not affect the vintage, which is reddening on the hills. Go and pick the fruit God is giving you, place it carefully in baskets and let it have new skins. [source]
Chapter Summary: Luke 5
1Jesus teaches the people out of Peter's ship; 4shows how he will make them fishers of men; 12cleanses the leper; 16prays in the desert; 17heals a paralytic; 27calls Matthew the tax collector; 29eats with sinners, as being the physician of souls; 33foretells the fasting and afflictions of the apostles after his ascension; 36and illustrates the matter by the parable of patches
Greek Commentary for Luke 5:38
Must be put [βλητεον] This verbal adjective in -τεος teos rather than -τος tos appears here alone in the N.T. though it is common enough in Attic Greek. It is a survival of the literary style. This is the impersonal use and is transitive in sense here and governs the accusative “new wine” (οινον νεον oinon neon), though the agent is not expressed (Robertson, Grammar, p. 1097). [source]
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Matthew 26:29New [καινὸν] Another adjective, νεόν , is employed to denote new wine in the sense of freshly-made (Matthew 9:17; Mark 2:22; Luke 5:37,Luke 5:38,Luke 5:39). The difference is between newness regarded in point of time or of quality. The young, for instance, who have lately sprung up, are νείοι , or νεώτεροι (Luke 15:12,Luke 15:13). The new garment (Luke 5:36) is contrasted as to quality with a worn and threadbare one. Hence καινοῦ . So a new heaven (2 Peter 3:13) is καινὸς , contrasted with that which shows signs of dissolution. The tomb in which the body of Jesus was laid was καινὸν (Matthew 27:60); in which no other body had lain, making it ceremonially unclean; not recently hewn. Trench (“Synonyms”) cites a passage from Polybius, relating a stratagem by which a town was nearly taken, and saying “we are still new ( καινοί ) and young ( νέοι ) in regard of such deceits.” Here καινοί expresses the inexperience of the men; νέοι , their youth. Still, the distinction cannot be pressed in all cases. Thus, 1 Corinthians 5:7, “Purge out the old leaven that ye may be a new ( νέον ) lump;” and Colossians 3:10, “Put on the new ( νέον ) man,” plainly carry the sense of quality. In our Lord's expression, “drink it new,” the idea of quality is dominant. All the elements of festivity in the heavenly kingdom will be of a new and higher quality. In the New Testament, besides the two cases just cited, νέος is applied to wine, to the young, and once to a covenant. [source]
Mark 2:22But new wine into fresh wineskins [αλλα οινον νεον εις ασκους καινους] Westcott and Hort bracket this clause as a Western non-interpolation though omitted only in D and some old Latin MSS. It is genuine in Luke 5:38 and may be so here. [source]
Luke 22:20The New Covenant [ε καινη διατηκη] See note on Matthew 26:28; Mark 14:24 for “covenant.” Westcott and Hort reject “new” there, but accept it here and in 1 Corinthians 11:25. See Luke 5:38 for difference between kainē and nea “The ratification of a covenant was commonly associated with the shedding of blood; and what was written in blood was believed to be indelible” (Plummer).Poured out (καινη ekchunnomenon). Same word in Mark 14:24; Matthew 26:28 translated “shed.” Late form present passive participle of νεα ekchunnō of εκχυννομενον ekcheō to pour out. [source]
1 Corinthians 11:25The new covenant [η καινη διατηκη] For διατηκη diathēkē see note on Matthew 26:28. For καινος kainos see Luke 5:38 and note on Luke 22:20. The position of εστιν estin before εν τωι αιματι en tōi haimati (in my blood) makes it a secondary or additional predicate and not to be taken just with διατηκη diathēkē (covenant or will). As oft as ye drink it (οσακις αν πινητε hosakis an pinēte). Usual construction for general temporal clause of repetition (αν an and the present subjunctive with οσακις hosakis). So in 1 Corinthians 11:26. [source]
2 Corinthians 3:6As ministers of a new covenant [διακονους καινης διατηκης] Predicate accusative with ικανωσεν hikanōsen For διατηκη diathēkē see note on Matthew 26:28 and for διακονος diakonos see note on Matthew 20:26 and for καινης kainēs (fresh and effective) see Luke 5:38. Only God can make us that. [source]
Greek Commentary for Luke 5:38
This verbal adjective in -τεος teos rather than -τος tos appears here alone in the N.T. though it is common enough in Attic Greek. It is a survival of the literary style. This is the impersonal use and is transitive in sense here and governs the accusative “new wine” (οινον νεον oinon neon), though the agent is not expressed (Robertson, Grammar, p. 1097). [source]
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Another adjective, νεόν , is employed to denote new wine in the sense of freshly-made (Matthew 9:17; Mark 2:22; Luke 5:37, Luke 5:38, Luke 5:39). The difference is between newness regarded in point of time or of quality. The young, for instance, who have lately sprung up, are νείοι , or νεώτεροι (Luke 15:12, Luke 15:13). The new garment (Luke 5:36) is contrasted as to quality with a worn and threadbare one. Hence καινοῦ . So a new heaven (2 Peter 3:13) is καινὸς , contrasted with that which shows signs of dissolution. The tomb in which the body of Jesus was laid was καινὸν (Matthew 27:60); in which no other body had lain, making it ceremonially unclean; not recently hewn. Trench (“Synonyms”) cites a passage from Polybius, relating a stratagem by which a town was nearly taken, and saying “we are still new ( καινοί ) and young ( νέοι ) in regard of such deceits.” Here καινοί expresses the inexperience of the men; νέοι , their youth. Still, the distinction cannot be pressed in all cases. Thus, 1 Corinthians 5:7, “Purge out the old leaven that ye may be a new ( νέον ) lump;” and Colossians 3:10, “Put on the new ( νέον ) man,” plainly carry the sense of quality. In our Lord's expression, “drink it new,” the idea of quality is dominant. All the elements of festivity in the heavenly kingdom will be of a new and higher quality. In the New Testament, besides the two cases just cited, νέος is applied to wine, to the young, and once to a covenant. [source]
Westcott and Hort bracket this clause as a Western non-interpolation though omitted only in D and some old Latin MSS. It is genuine in Luke 5:38 and may be so here. [source]
See note on Matthew 26:28; Mark 14:24 for “covenant.” Westcott and Hort reject “new” there, but accept it here and in 1 Corinthians 11:25. See Luke 5:38 for difference between kainē and nea “The ratification of a covenant was commonly associated with the shedding of blood; and what was written in blood was believed to be indelible” (Plummer).Poured out (καινη ekchunnomenon). Same word in Mark 14:24; Matthew 26:28 translated “shed.” Late form present passive participle of νεα ekchunnō of εκχυννομενον ekcheō to pour out. [source]
For διατηκη diathēkē see note on Matthew 26:28. For καινος kainos see Luke 5:38 and note on Luke 22:20. The position of εστιν estin before εν τωι αιματι en tōi haimati (in my blood) makes it a secondary or additional predicate and not to be taken just with διατηκη diathēkē (covenant or will). As oft as ye drink it (οσακις αν πινητε hosakis an pinēte). Usual construction for general temporal clause of repetition (αν an and the present subjunctive with οσακις hosakis). So in 1 Corinthians 11:26. [source]
Predicate accusative with ικανωσεν hikanōsen For διατηκη diathēkē see note on Matthew 26:28 and for διακονος diakonos see note on Matthew 20:26 and for καινης kainēs (fresh and effective) see Luke 5:38. Only God can make us that. [source]