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NASB | Matthew 9:17 "Nor do people put new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the wineskins burst, and the wine pours out and the wineskins are ruined; but they put new wine into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 9:17 "Nor is new wine put into old wineskins [that have lost their elasticity]; otherwise the wineskins burst, and the [fermenting] wine spills and the wineskins are ruined. But new wine is put into fresh wineskins, so both are preserved." |
Bible Question:
Although tis may seem a silly question I would really appericate some help with this one. The passage I am hving difficulty with is Matthew chapter 9:14-17. Here is my question. When Christ talks about the new cloth on an old garment or new wine in an old wineskin is He using this as a picture of the Holy Spirit indwelling a beliver. I would really love some input on this one I have wrestled with it for a long time. In Christ Love, tgc |
Bible Answer: tgc, " 9:17 new wine...old wineskins: Fermenting wine is accompanied by a build- up of pressure. If kept in skins already used and dried out, the wine would certainly burst them. Jesus thus illustrayes the impossibility of inaugurating the New Covenant while maintaining the Old. The abundance of New Covenant grace cannot be contained within the structures of the Old Covenant (cf John 1:16). A new kingdom is needed to contain it--one fashioned to endure for ever.." footnote from Ignatius Catholic Study Bible, Ignatius Press, San Francisco, 2000. Emmaus |