Luke 5:34-35 NIV

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 5:33-39

See this passage illustrated in the notes at Matthew 9:14-17.Luke 5:39Having 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”... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Luke 5:33-39

Luke 5:33-39. The contents of these verses occur Matthew 9:14-17, where they are explained at large. The disciples of John fast and make prayers Long and solemn prayers: but thine eat and drink Freely, though thou professest a high degree of righteousness. And he said, Can ye make, &c. That is, Is it proper to make men fast and mourn during a festival solemnity? My presence and converse render this a kind of festival to my disciples: for, as John taught his hearers but a little... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Luke 5:33-39

33. Why Jesus’ disciples did not fast (Matthew 9:14-17; Mark 2:18-22; Luke 5:33-39)Both John the Baptist’s disciples and the Pharisees were slow to realize that Jesus’ coming had brought in a new era. Their traditional ceremonies and fastings were now of no use. The coming of Jesus may be compared to the coming of a bridegroom to his wedding feast. In a time of such joy no one thinks of fasting, and therefore Jesus’ disciples did not fast while he was with them. But Jesus would be taken away... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 5:34

Can ye make = Ye surely cannot (Greek. me. App-105 ), can ye? children, &c. = sons ( App-108 .) Hebrew idiom for the bridal party. while = in (Greek. en App-104 .) the time when. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 5:35

the days will come = there will come days [for those]. when . All the texts read "and when", following up the Figure of speech Aposiopesis ( App-6 ), as though the time for revealing the fact of His crucifixion had not yet come. shall be taken away. Greek. apairo. Occurs only here, and the parallels (Matthew 9:15 .Mark 2:20; Mark 2:20 ) implying a violent death; as "lifted up" in John 3:14 . then shall they fast. As they did (Acts 13:2 , Acts 13:3 ). read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Luke 5:34

Luke 5:34. The children, &c.— The bridemen. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Luke 5:33-39

4. Jesus’ attitude toward fasting 5:33-39 (cf. Matthew 9:14-17; Mark 2:18-22)The setting of this controversy is the same as the previous one: Levi’s banquet. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Luke 5:34-35

Jesus compared the situation to a wedding, which calls for joy. He meant that He was the bridegroom who had come to claim His bride, Israel (cf. Isaiah 54:5-8; Isaiah 62:5; Jeremiah 2:2; Hosea 2:19-20; Hosea 2:23; Ezekiel 16). His disciples were His friends who rejoiced at this prospect with Him. Therefore to compel them to fast was inappropriate. Thus Jesus rebuked His questioners. However, Jesus implied that the bridegroom would die. This was one of Jesus’ early intimations of His death. Then... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 5:1-39

Miraculous Draught of Fishes. The Palsied Man1-11. First miraculous draught of fishes (peculiar to Lk). Many critics identify this incident with that recorded in Matthew 4:18 and Mark 1:16. But there are important considerations on the other side: (1) the persons are different (there four disciples, here Peter is addressed); (2) the words used, though similar in sense, are very different in form; (3) the disciples are not said to have ’left all’ in Mt, but only to have left their father in the... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Luke 5:33-39

(33-39) Why do the disciples of John fast?—See Notes on Matthew 9:14-17, Mark 2:18-22. St. Luke is less definite than the other two in stating who the questioners were. It is only from St. Mark that we learn that they included the two classes to whom the question referred. read more