Mat 9:17 | RWP | e4.org | Old wineskins ( ασκους παλαιους ). Not glass " bottles " but wineskins used as bottles as is true in Palestine yet, goatskins with the rough part inside. "Our word bottle originally carried the true meaning, being a bottle of leather. In Spanish bota means a leather bottle , a boot , and a butt . In Spain wine is still brought to market in pig-skins " (Vincent). The new wine will ferment and crack the dried-up old skins. The wine is spilled ( εκχειτα ), poured out.

‏ Matthew 9:17

Old wineskins ( ασκους παλαιους ). Not glass " bottles" but wineskins used as bottles as is true in Palestine yet, goatskins with the rough part inside. "Our word bottle originally carried the true meaning, being a bottle of leather. In Spanish bota means a leather bottle, a boot, and a butt. In Spain wine is still brought to market in pig-skins " (Vincent). The new wine will ferment and crack the dried-up old skins.

The wine is spilled ( εκχειτα ), poured out.