#What is a wineskin in the bible Patch#

In our modern vernacular (okay, maybe not so modern) we might say, 'You can't teach old dogs new tricks.' So, when we compare the parable to the stories about the Pharisees that precede and follow it we can see that what Jesus means is that new ideas aren't compatible with old practices.

If unfermented wine (new wine) was put into a wineskin that had been previously used, the fermentation process would burst the wineskin. Likewise, in ancient days, before wine bottles were invented, wine was stored in wineskins made of animal hide or gut.

#What is a wineskin in the bible Patch#

First, it is common knowledge among the garment industry that if you sew a new piece of denim that hasn't been preshrunk onto an old, worn pair of jeans, the first time you wash them the new patch will shrink and the jeans will be a mess. So, what does the parable mean? Well, to begin with we have to understand new patches and old wineskins. But then suddenly, we read the parable of the unshrunk cloth and wineskins and finally Mark continues the story of the Pharisees complaining, this time about working on the Sabbath day (verses 23-27). This story begins an account of the Pharisees complaining about Jesus. The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast on that day' (Mark 2.18-20). To see this, we have to begin with verse 18 where we read: 'Now John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting and people came and said to him, 'Why do John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?' Jesus said to them, 'The wedding guests cannot fast while the bridegroom is with them, can they? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast. Now, when Mark does this, the middle piece is always a commentary on the original story, and that's what we have with this parable. In other words, there's a story tucked into the middle of another. When Mark wrote his gospel he often used a powerful rhetorical device called 'sandwiching.' Sandwiching is when the writer begins telling a story, then in the middle switches to another story, and then finally finishes the first story. Skins but one puts new wine into fresh wineskins.' Skins, and the wine is lost, and so are the

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