Interestingly, the word “fresh” is used to describe the wineskin used to contain new wine and not “new”. The old wineskin being less elastic will eventually burst because of the pressure inside and the new wine wasted. As new wine ferments, gases are created and it expands the wineskin. The reason why Old wineskins cannot hold new wine is because they become brittle and lose their elasticity. It does not make sense to keep having to make new wineskins for the new wine. If wineskins are made of leather, then logically, it should not be thrown away as leather products usually last for a long time. I looked up a little more about wineskin and learnt that wineskin is usually made of goatskin with the insides lined with pitch to waterproof it. I think Jesus is saying much more than throwing away the old.
The first question that came to my mind is “What do we do with the Old Wineskin?” In Singapore’s culture, most of us will probably just throw it away. I read this passage last week and meditated on it. And no one, after drinking old wine wishes for new for he says, ‘The old is good enough.’”” Luke 5:36-39 (NASB) also found in Mark 2:21-22 & Matthew 9:16-18 wineskin But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins. And no one puts new wine into old wineskins otherwise the new wine will burst the skins and it will be spilled out, and the skins will be ruined. “ And He was also telling them a parable: “No one tears a piece of cloth from a new garment and puts it on an old garment otherwise he will both tear the new, and the piece from the new will not match the old.
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