Online Resource Library
Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.com | DownloadJohn Bengel Commentary - Luke 5:39 - 5:39
(Show All Books | Show All Chapters)
This Chapter Verse Commentaries:
Luk 5:39. Εὐθέως, straightway) It is by degrees that the dispositions of minds are changed.-ὁ παλαιὸς, the old) Their own old doctrine was more palatable to the Pharisees than the generous (excellent) doctrine of Christ, which they fancied to be new, whereas it was far more ancient than their own: Gal 3:17 [the covenant-the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul]; 1Jn 2:7-8 [no new commandment-but an old commandment-from the beginning]: as to the excellence of the new wine, see Zec 9:17 [New wine-shall make cheerful-the maids]: though new, it is at the same time mild and pleasant. Mat 11:30.