Luke 5:39

“No man also having drunk old wine, etc.] “Wine”, though not in the text, is rightly supplied by our translators, as it is by the Syriac and Persic versions: straightway desireth new; new wine: for he saith, the old is better; old wine is more grateful, more generous, and more reviving to the spirits, than new wine is. This is a proverbial expression, and which Luke only records; which may be applied to natural men, who having drunk the old wine of their carnal lusts and pleasures, do not desire the new wine of the Gospel, and of the grace of God, and of spiritual things, but prefer their old sins and lusts unto them: carnal lusts may be signified by old wine, both for the antiquity of them,…”

“See this passage illustrated in the notes at Matthew 9:14-17. Luke 5:39 Having 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” duties of the ceremonial law - to fasting and painful rites; but they have come under a milder system. They have tasted the gentle and tender blessings of the gospel; they have no “relish” for your…”

“And no man having drunk old wine - And beside, men are not wont to be immediately freed from old prejudices. Next: Luke Chapter 6”

“5:39 The old is just fine: The religious leaders were resistant to change.”

“Jer 6:16; Mar 7:7-13; Rom 4:11, Rom 4:12; Heb 11:1, Heb 11:2, Heb 11:39 Next: Luke Chapter 6”