Luke 5:39
No man also having drunk old wine straightway desireth new: for he saith, The old is better.
KJV
καὶ οὐδεὶς πιὼν παλαιὸν θέλει νέον· λέγει γάρ· ὁ παλαιὸς χρηστός ἐστιν.
Greek NT
Et nemo bibens vetus, statim vult novum : dicit enim : Vetus melius est.
Vulgate
And no man having drunk old wine desireth new; for he saith, The old is good.
ASV
And no man drinking old hath presently a mind to new: for he saith: The old is better.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
θέλω
thelo
verb · 208×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
νέος
neos
adjective · 23×
οὐδείς
oudeis
adjective · 235×
πίνω
pino
verb · 73×
παλαιός
palaios
adjective · 19×
χρηστός
chrestos
adjective · 7×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Textual variants
3 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
trivial
SBLGNT: καὶ | Treg/NIV/RP: καὶ
- καὶ — SBLGNT
- καὶ — Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
notable
SBLGNT: παλαιὸν | WH/Treg/NIV: παλαιὸν | RP: + εὐθέως
- παλαιὸν — SBLGNT
- παλαιὸν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- + εὐθέως — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: χρηστός | WH/Treg/NA: χρηστός | NIV/RP: χρηστότερός
- χρηστός — SBLGNT
- χρηστός — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Nestle-Aland 27
- χρηστότερός — Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Heb 11:39 — And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:
- Jer 6:16 — Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.
- Mark 7:7 — Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
- Rom 4:11 — And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circum