Matthew:9:16-18

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rwp @Matthew:9:16 @{Undressed cloth } (\rhakous agnaphou \). An unfulled , raw piece of woollen cloth that will shrink when wet and tear a bigger hole than ever . {A worse rent } (\cheiron schisma \). Our word "schism ." The "{patch }" (\pl ˆr “ma \, filling up ) thus does more harm than good . rwp @Matthew:9:17 @{Old wineskins } (\askous palaious \). 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 } (\ekcheitai \), poured out . rwp @Matthew:9:18 @{Is even now dead } (\arti eteleut ˆsen \). Aorist tense with \arti \ and so better , "just now died ," "just dead " (Moffatt ). Mark (Mark:5:23 |) has it "at the point of death ," Luke (Luke:8:42 |) "lay a dying ." It is not always easy even for physicians to tell when actual death has come . Jesus in strkjv @9:24 | pointedly said , "The damsel is not dead , but sleepeth ," meaning that she did not die to stay dead .

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