Luke 5:35

35 venient autem dies et cum ablatus fuerit ab illis sponsus tunc ieiunabunt in illis diebus

Luke 5:35 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 5:35

But the days will come
And that in a very little time, as they did:

when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them:
as their master, John, was taken away from them, and now in prison, and therefore it was no wonder they mourned and fasted; signifying, that in a short time he, the bridegroom of his church and people, should be taken away by death:

and then they shall fast in those days;
mourn, and be humbled, of which fasting was, a sign, for the death of their Lord, and on account of the many afflictions and persecutions they should endure for his sake; (See Gill on Matthew 9:15).

Luke 5:35 In-Context

33 at illi dixerunt ad eum quare discipuli Iohannis ieiunant frequenter et obsecrationes faciunt similiter et Pharisaeorum tui autem edunt et bibunt

34 quibus ipse ait numquid potestis filios sponsi dum cum illis est sponsus facere ieiunare

35 venient autem dies et cum ablatus fuerit ab illis sponsus tunc ieiunabunt in illis diebus

36 dicebat autem et similitudinem ad illos quia nemo commissuram a vestimento novo inmittit in vestimentum vetus alioquin et novum rumpit et veteri non convenit commissura a novo

37 et nemo mittit vinum novum in utres veteres alioquin rumpet vinum novum utres et ipsum effundetur et utres peribunt