Luke 5:33, Luke 5:34, Luke 5:35 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Luke 5:27-35

All this, except the last verse, we had before in Matthew and Mark; it is not the story of any miracle in nature wrought by our Lord Jesus, but it is an account of some of the wonders of his grace, which, to those who understand things aright, are no less cogent proofs of Christ's being sent of God than the other. I. It was a wonder of his grace that he would call a publican, from the receipt of custom, to be his disciple and follower, Luke 5:27. It was wonderful condescension that he should... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Luke 5:33-35

5:33-35 They said to him, "John's disciples fast frequently and pray. So do the disciples of the Pharisees; but your disciples eat and drink." Jesus said to them, "You cannot make the children of the bridechamber fast while the bridegroom is with them. But the days will come--and when the bridegroom is taken away from them in those days they will fast." What amazed and shocked the scribes and the Pharisees was the normality of the followers of Jesus. Collie Knox tells how once a well-loved... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 5:33

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... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 5:1-39

The association of Jesus and these chosen men seems to have commenced as follows: Simon (Peter) and his brother Andrew (sons of Jona), John and James (the sons of Zebedee and Salome), belonged to fisher families dwelling on the banks of the Lake of Gennesaret. They seemed to have been fast friends, at times even partners in their occupation. Sharers with many others of the youth of Israel of their time, in a passionate hope that the hour of the long-promised deliverance from the yoke of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 5:27-39

The call of Levi, and the subsequent banquet. We noticed how, at the healing of the paralytic, there was a critical assemblage. Secretly did they impugn the absolution pronounced by the Master, and publicly were they refuted. Immediately after, it would seem from all the accounts, Jesus takes the bold step of calling a publican to become his disciple. It was a throwing down of the gauntlet to his enemies. It was taking up a man whom they had excommunicated and despised, and so bringing the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 5:30-39

The new and the old. Two classes of persons are amazed and offended—those to whom old ways and recognized canons of respectability were of the very essence of the religious life; and those whose minds occupied a sort of intermediate position, who had so far broken from the old, but had not yet received the spirit of the new time which had begun in Galilee. Here is this Rabbi, whose fame has spread far and wide, who is undoubtedly possessed of marvellous powers, associating with persons... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 5:33

And they said unto him, Why do the disciples of John fast often, and make prayers, and likewise the disciples of the Pharisees; but thine eat and drink? We learn from the parallel passage in St. Mark that "they" who asked the Lord this question were the disciples of John the Baptist and the Pharisees, who united on this occasion. These disciples of John do not seem at first to have regarded Jesus with altogether friendly feelings. Such a jealousy was only too natural, and the rigid,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 5:33-38

Christian naturalness. We have here— I. AN HONEST DIFFICULTY FAIRLY AND EFFECTUALLY MET . It was in no carping spirit that the disciples of John came to Jesus. We do not detect a trace of ill will in their question. It was a spirit of surprise and perplexity that dictated it. They had always thought that fasting was an essential feature of true piety. Their master John had encouraged them in this idea; but they looked in vain for this feature in the doctrine of Christ.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 5:33-39

The teaching of the Lord concerning fasting. read more

Albert Barnes

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

Luke 5:33, Luke 5:34, Luke 5:35 Niv

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Luke 5:27-35

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Luke 5:33-35

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 5:33

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 5:1-39

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 5:27-39

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 5:30-39

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 5:33

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 5:33-38

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 5:33-39

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

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