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San Lucas 5:33

Entonces ellos le dijeron: ¿Por qué los discípulos de Juan ayunan muchas veces y hacen oraciones, y asimismo los de los fariseos, pero los tuyos comen y beben?

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Jesus, the Christ;   John;   Thompson Chain Reference - Disciples;   John's;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Fasting;   Pharisees, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - John;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Fasting;   John the baptist;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Fast, Fasting;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - John the Baptist;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Luke, Gospel of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Fasting;   Magnificat;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Asceticism (2);   Bottle;   Discourse;   Fasting (2);   John the Baptist;   Laughter;   Man (2);   Prayer (2);   Reality;   Toleration, Tolerance;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Disciple,;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;   Fasts;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Frontlets,;   John the Baptist;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Abstinence;   Disciple;   Fast;   Feasts, and Fasts;  

Parallel Translations

La Biblia de las Americas
Y ellos le dijeron: Los discípulos de Juan ayunan con frecuencia y hacen oraciones; los de los fariseos también hacen lo mismo, pero los tuyos comen y beben.
La Biblia Reina-Valera
Entonces ellos le dijeron: ¿Por qué los discípulos de Juan ayunan muchas veces y hacen oraciones, y asimismo los de los Fariseos, y tus discípulos comen y beben?
Sagradas Escrituras (1569)
Entonces ellos le dijeron: ¿Por qué los discípulos de Juan ayunan muchas veces y hacen oraciones, y asimismo los de los fariseos, y tus discípulos comen y beben?

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Why: Luke 18:12, Isaiah 58:3-6, Zechariah 7:6, Matthew 9:14-17, Mark 2:18-22

and make: Luke 11:1, Luke 20:47, Proverbs 28:9, Isaiah 1:15, Matthew 6:5, Matthew 6:6, Matthew 23:14, Mark 12:40, Acts 9:11, Romans 10:2, Romans 10:3

but: Luke 7:34, Luke 7:35

Reciprocal: Luke 6:2 - Why

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And they say unto him,.... The Scribes and Pharisees, or the disciples of John; see Matthew 9:14

why do the disciples of John fast often, and make prayers? set times apart frequently for fasting and prayer. The Ethiopic version reads, "why do the disciples of John baptize frequently, fast, and make prayers?" in which the former clause is added; and as without any authority, so without judgment, since it must suppose that the Pharisees did so likewise, whereas they rejected the baptism of John; for it follows, and "likewise" the disciples of "the Pharisees"; who fasted often, at least twice in the week, and made frequent prayers in the synagogues, and corners of the streets, and in widows' houses.

But thine eat and drink? instead of fasting and praying;

Matthew 9:14- :.

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.


 
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