Luke 5:37

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And no man putteth new wine into old wine-skins; else the new wine will burst the skins, and itself will be spilled, and the skins will perish.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ οὐδεὶς βάλλει οἶνον νέον εἰς ἀσκοὺς παλαιούς· εἰ δὲ μή γε ῥήξει ὁ νέος οἶνος τοὺς ἀσκούς, καὶ αὐτὸς ἐκχυθήσεται, καὶ οἱ ἀσκοὶ ἀπολοῦνται.

Transliteration

And no one ballei oinon neon eis askous palaious: ei de mē ge rhēxei ho neos oinos tous askous, and it ekchythēsetai, and the askoi apolountai.

Grammar Details

*oudeis*: nominative, masculine, singular - no one
*ballei*: present, 3rd singular, active - puts
*oinon*: accusative, masculine, singular - wine
*neon*: accusative, masculine, singular - new/young
*eis*: preposition + accusative - into
*askous*: accusative, masculine, plural - wineskins
*palaious*: accusative, masculine, plural - old
*ei de mē ge*: idiom - otherwise/if not so
*rhēxei*: future, 3rd singular, active - will burst
*ho neos oinos*: nominative, masculine, singular - the new wine
*tous askous*: accusative, masculine, plural - the wineskins
*ekchythēsetai*: future, 3rd singular, passive - will be poured out
*hoi askoi*: nominative, masculine, plural - the wineskins
*apolountai*: future, 3rd plural, middle - will be destroyed/perish

Word Meanings

*ballei*: puts/places/pours
*oinon*: wine
*neon*: new/young/fresh
*askous*: wineskins/leather bottles
*palaious*: old/worn
*rhēxei*: will burst/break/rupture
*ekchythēsetai*: will be poured out/spilled
*apolountai*: will be destroyed/perish/be lost

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Josh 9:4 : 4 they also did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine - skins, old and rent and bound up,
Josh 9:13 : 13 and these wine - skins, which we filled, were new; and, behold, they are rent: and these our garments and our shoes are become old by reason of the very long journey.
Ps 119:83 : 83 For I am become like a wine-skin in the smoke; Yet do I not forget thy statutes.

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