Matthew 9:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

new. freshly made: i.e. young. Greek. neos = new as to time.

old bottles. old or dried skins.

bottles. wine skins.

else. otherwise.

break. burst.

perish. are ruined.

new bottles. fresh wineskins of newer quality or character. Greek. kainos.

preserved. preserved together.

Matthew 9:17

17 Neither do men put new wine into old bottles:b else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.