Mark s version of the same parable stresses that the tear is made worse when the new patch eventually pulls away from the old garment. We have enlisted hundreds of friends biblical scholars, theologians, homileticians and pastors dedicated to the craft of biblical preaching to provide you timely, compelling and trustworthy content. Also, through a spiritual tabernacle rather than a physical one cf. On hearing this, jesus said to them, it is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. If he does, the wine will burst the skinsand the wine is destroyed, and so are the skins. Deuteronomy 30, psalm 75, psalm 76 when the lord was in the world, the scribes and pharisees accused him of not keeping the law. Find top church sermons, illustrations, and powerpoints for preaching on mark 2. Coffman commentaries gills exposition robertsons word pictures abbotts new testament scofields notes trapps commentary pooles. They gathered in such large numbers that there was no room left, not even outside the door, and he preached the word to them. David guzik commentary on mark 2, where jesus demonstrates his authority to. The new life is like new wine bursting out of old wineskins mark 2.
The books, heaven is for real and ninety minutes in heaven, certainly underscore this thought. No one, having drunk old wine, immediately desires new. Some people came and asked jesus, how is it that johns disciples and the disciples of the pharisees are fasting, but yours are not. In his commentary on matthew, mark, and luke, john calvin states that the old. Mark 2 is the second chapter of the gospel of mark in the new testament of the christian bible. As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast. Jesus heals a paralyzed man and forgives his sins, meets with the disreputable levi and his friends, and argues over the need to fast, and whether or not one can harvest food on sabbath. However, in spiritual matters, like peters dog returning to its vomit ii peter 2. The new wineskins would be the means by which blessings are presented and preserved 3. When asked why, jesus made several mysterious responses, among them, no one puts new wine into old wineskins.
Otherwise, the new piece will pull away from the old, making the tear worse. Published by matt dabbs in commentary recommendations topical robert c. When a christian becomes a believer in christ jesus, he gets the ability to understand what the scriptures says, his body becomes the temple of the holy spirit, 1 cor. In jesus parable of the old and new wineskins, kaine also appears. No one with a reasonable amount of experience in mending clothes would waste a piece of new cloth to repair an old garment. March 5, 2018 march 2, 2018 by ian paul in all three synoptic gospels, jesus concludes a conversation about the contrast between his teaching and practice and that of the pharisees and john the baptist by means of a parable about wine and wineskins.
If he does, the patch tears away from it, the new from the old, and a worse tear is made. Fasting, of course, is not the issue that jesus is addressing. Jesus continues his eschatological theme with metaphors of patches and wineskins. What the bible says about parable of the old and new wineskins. No one tears a patch from a new garment and sews it on an old one.
For example, through baptism instead of circumcision cf. Mark 2 and no one puts new wine into old wineskins. Instead, they pour new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved. By old bottles are meant, the scribes and pharisees, the whole, which needed not a physician, and the righteous, christ came not to call. When it comes to doffing the old man and donning the. Mark chapter 2 explained discover the 66 books of the bible. Study guide for mark 2 by david guzik blue letter bible. Bottles are wineskins, the old ones figuratively representing judaism. Exegetical original languages expositors greek testament. Mark 2 tlb several days later he returned to bible gateway.
Fasting this way would be burdensome to the new disciples, and would be more than they could bear. If he does the wine will burst the wineskins, and the wine will be lost as well as the wineskins. The trouble with new wine is that it is still fermenting and bubbling, still full of life. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners. What is the meaning of the parables of fasting at the wedding. In both, a call to discipleship is followed by several stories of jesus activity. Bottles are wineskins, the old ones figuratively representing judaism and the new ones, christianity.
No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. Otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined. Mark is the only gospel writer to mention that matthew levi was the son of alphaeus. And people do not pour new wine into old wineskins. Working preacher is a ministry brought to you by luther seminary. Jan 10, 2016 working preacher is a ministry brought to you by luther seminary. Some argue the passage is confusing, and they fail to see the great significance it reveals.
Tannehill the narrative unity of lukeacts vol 1 this book goes chapter by chapter through luke giving you the various threads that connect the parts. What is the meaning of the parables of fasting at the wedding feast, the old cloth, and the wineskins. Concluding his parable of new wine in old wineskins, jesus. Mar 05, 2018 what does jesus mean by new wineskins. Mark 2 niv read the new international version online. One wineskin is dried and cracked, while the other is supple and resilient. If new cloth is used to patch an old garment, and the patch becomes wet, it shrinks as it dries and puts strain on the old garment. It will not work to put a patch of new, unshrunk cloth on an old cloak, or to put new wine in old wineskins.
A few days later, when jesus again entered capernaum, the people heard that he had come home. In this chapter, the first arguments between jesus and other jewish religious teachers appear. Mark 2 niv jesus forgives and heals a paralyzed bible. Mark 2 niv jesus forgives and heals a paralyzed bible gateway. John mark grew up in virginia, spending his teen years in the washington, d.
He seemed to shed his years and became a youthful prophet launching the church on a great adventure of the spirit. Using this understanding of kaine, the difference between the wineskins is not necessarily age though that is implied but quality. Mark 2 commentary, one of over 110 bible commentaries freely available, this commentary, as set of 17 volumes on the new testament, the result of barclays dedicated work. Jesus intimated that his blessings would be packaged anew in new wineskins 2. If he does, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined. An outcome of this production was the new testament for english readers 4 vols. Then jesus turned to the paralyzed man and said, 11stand up, pick up your mat, and go home. Discussion questions this is a study guide commentary, which means that you are responsible for your own interpretation of the bible. Mark 2 niv bible a few days later, when jesus again. Jesus answered, how can the guests of the bridegroom fast while he is with them.
Mark chapter 2 continued explained discover the 66 books. Jesus is lord of the sabbath 23one sabbath jesus was going through the grainfields, and as his disciples walked along, they began to pick some heads of grain. Mark 2 commentary william barclays daily study bible. Mark 2 commentary commentary critical and explanatory on. Biblical studiesnew testament commentariesthe gospel of. Through the generations, god often looks for new wineskins because the old. Concluding his parable of new wine in old wineskins, jesus laments what might be human natures most perverse paradox. Patches and wineskins series contributed by chuck sligh on mar 16, 2020. How to stop putting new wine into old wineskins unity. If they do, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined. Henry alford the greek new testament commentary on the gospel of mark. When it comes to physical matters, human nature is all too ready to accept the new. Mark 2 new king james version nkjv jesus forgives and heals a paralytic. No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment.
The old boundaries cannot contain the new reality of gods reign coming near in jesus. The patch will pull away and tear, and the old wineskins will burst. If he does, he will have torn the new garment, and the patch from the new will not match the old. His calling of matthew from the receipt of custom, and his eating, upon that occasion, with publicans and sinners, and justifying himself in so doing v. New wine and old wineskins beth immanuel messianic synagogue. Now johns disciples and the pharisees were fasting. At their best, things such as prayer books, specific patterns of spiritual. Mark 2 new international version niv jesus forgives and heals a paralyzed man. James rosscup writes that this was the great work in the life of the versatile dean of canterbury. By the end of the first chapter, hes gone from being just one of the crowd who had come out for johns baptism, to being so soughtafter a superstar, really that he has to go into hiding mark 1. No one puts a piece from a new garment on an old one. Mark s version of the same parable stresses that the tear is made worse when the new patch eventually pulls away from the old garment mark 2.
In his commentary on matthew, mark, and luke calvin states that the old wineskins and the old garment represent jesus disciples, and the new wine and unshrunk cloth represent the practice of fasting twice a week. Jesus answered, how can the guests of the bridegroom fast. If he does the bit that was meant to fill in the hole tears it apartthe new from the oldand the tear is made worse. The parable of the wineskins what does this story mean and how does it apply to my life. The working preacher team believes that god uses good biblical preaching to change lives. The twiceweekly fast was a tradition adopted by the legalistic pharisees at the time.
Mark chapter 1 john the baptist prepares the way the good news about jesus the messiah, son of god v. If they do, the skins will burst, the wine will spill, and the wineskins will be ruined. If they do, the new piece will pull away from the old, making the tear worse. What the bible says about new wine in old wineskins.
If he does, the new wine will burst the skins, the wine will run out and the wineskins will be ruined. This is what pope john xxiii called for in 1962 as he opened the second vatican council. And jesus said to them, can the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them. Evidently not the same person as the alphaeus mentioned at mr 3.
Immediately many gathered together, so that there was no longer room to receive them, not even near the door. In the days of abiathar the highpriest from the passage in the history referred to, 1 samuel 21. Spiritual blindness to our own condition must be overcome if we are to be saved from sin. If he does, the new piece will pull away from the old, and a worse tear will. Hicks and mother edith lois hicks were texans who moved in the 1950s to virginia to plant a church though they were back in new mexico in 1957 for a few years where john mark was born. Sproul mentions in his commentary mark that jesus was warning them that their king had come, and they would not be able to deal with this king unless they got rid of the structures that made it impossible for them to receive him. The verse preceding our text is, no man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment.