Luke 5:34

Syriac Peshitta (NT Only)

ܗܽܘ ܕ݁ܶܝܢ ܐܶܡܰܪ ܠܗܽܘܢ ܠܳܐ ܡܶܫܟ݁ܚܺܝܢ ܐܢ݈ܬ݁ܽܘܢ ܠܰܒ݂ܢܰܘܗ݈ܝ ܕ݁ܰܓ݂ܢܽܘܢܳܐ ܟ݁ܡܳܐ ܕ݁ܚܰܬ݂ܢܳܐ ܥܰܡܗܽܘܢ ܕ݁ܬ݂ܶܥܒ݁ܕ݂ܽܘܢ ܕ݁ܰܢܨܽܘܡܽܘܢ ܀

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the children: Judges 14:10, Judges 14:11, Psalms 45:14, Song of Solomon 2:6, Song of Solomon 2:7, Song of Solomon 3:10, Song of Solomon 3:11, Song of Solomon 5:8, Song of Solomon 6:1, Matthew 25:1-10, Revelation 19:7-9

bridegroom: Psalms 45:10-16, Isaiah 54:5, Isaiah 62:5, Zephaniah 3:17, Matthew 22:2, John 3:29, 2 Corinthians 11:2, Ephesians 5:25-27

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he said unto them,.... The disciples of John, or the Scribes and Pharisees:

can ye make the children of the bride chamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? signifying, that he was the bridegroom, and his disciples the children of the bride chamber; and that as it is unreasonable to expect, and morally impossible, that persons, attending the festivals of a nuptial solemnity, should be engaged in severe fastings; so it was not to be thought, that whilst Christ was corporeally present with his disciples, that they should be prevailed upon to live such an austere and mortified life.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 wish to draw my disciples to the “austere” and “rigid” duties of the ceremonial law - to fasting and painful rites; but they have come under a milder system. They have tasted the gentle and tender blessings of the gospel; they have no “relish” for your stern and harsh requirements. To insist now on their observing them would be like telling a man who had tasted of good, ripe, and mild wine to partake of that which is sour and unpalatable. At the proper time all the sterner duties of religion will be properly regarded; but “at present,” to teach them to fast when they see “no occasion” for it - when they are full of joy at the presence of their Master - would be like putting a piece of new cloth on an old garment, or new wine into old bottles, or drinking unpleasant wine after one had tasted that which was more pleasant. It would be ill-timed, inappropriate, and incongruous.