ISB ~ Luke 5 v36 - 39

Just as new garments and wine are incompatible with old garments and wineskins, so God’s New Covenant cannot coexist with the Old. See note on Mk 2:21-22.

• Allegorically (St. Augustine, De Quaest. Evang. 2, 18):the old wineskins signify the disciples, who would more easily burst than contain Jesus’ heavenly teaching. Only after Pentecost do they become new skins, enabled by the Spirit to store in themselves a greater fullness of grace and truth.