John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 5:37
And no man putteth new wine into old bottles ,.... To which the Scribes and Pharisees are here compared, into whose hearts the new wine of Gospel grace was not put; or to whom was not made known the love of God Comparable to new wine; nor the blessings of the new covenant of grace, now exhibited; nor the truths of the Gospel now more clearly and newly revealed. Else the new wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled ; they not being able to receive and bear these things, no, not the... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 5:36
And he spake also a parable unto them ,.... The Scribes and Pharisees; illustrating what he had just now said: no man putteth a piece of a new garment upon an old ; by "a piece of a new garment" meaning the new and upstart notions and traditions of the elders, which were so in comparison of the law of Moses; and by the "old", the robe of their own righteousness, wrought out in obedience to the moral and ceremonial law: and Christ suggests, that to join these together, in order to patch... read more