Luke 5:37 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish.

And no man putteth new wine into old bottles, х askous (G779)] - 'wine-skins.' They were made usually of goat-skins, and of course would be liable to burst in the case supposed:

Else, х ei-de-mee-ge (G1490), again] - if he does such a thing, The new wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish.

Luke 5:37

37 And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish.