{
  "id": "dict_006034",
  "term": "WINE-SKIN",
  "slug": "wine-skin",
  "letter": "W",
  "entry_type": "symbol",
  "entry_family": "theological_term",
  "depth_profile": "standard",
  "short_definition": "A wineskin was a leather container used to hold liquids, especially wine. In Scripture it can function as an image for what is able—or unable—to contain something new.",
  "simple_one_line": "",
  "tooltip_text": "",
  "aliases": [],
  "scripture_references": [],
  "original_language_terms": [],
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  "see_also": [],
  "lede_intro": "",
  "at_a_glance_definition": "",
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  "description_academic_short": "A wineskin was a common leather container in the biblical world, especially for storing and transporting wine. Jesus used the image of old and new wineskins to show that new wine requires fresh containers (Matt. 9:17; Mark 2:22; Luke 5:37-38). The main point is the incompatibility between what is old and rigid and what is new and expanding, though interpreters differ on how specifically that image should be applied.",
  "description_academic_full": "A wineskin in the Bible was a skin container, usually made from animal hide, used for carrying or storing liquids. The term appears both in ordinary description and in figurative teaching. Most notably, Jesus spoke of putting new wine into fresh wineskins, since fermenting wine would burst old, brittle skins (Matt. 9:17; Mark 2:22; Luke 5:37-39). In context, the image teaches that the newness associated with Jesus’ ministry cannot simply be fitted into older, inflexible forms without tension. Interpreters differ on the exact scope of the comparison, so it is safest to say that the wineskin symbolizes the vessel or framework that must be suited to what it receives, rather than to press every detail beyond the main point.",
  "background_biblical_context": "",
  "background_historical_context": "",
  "background_jewish_ancient_context": "",
  "key_texts_primary": [],
  "key_texts_secondary": [],
  "original_language_note": "",
  "theological_significance": "",
  "philosophical_explanation": "",
  "interpretive_cautions": "",
  "major_views_note": "",
  "doctrinal_boundaries": "",
  "practical_significance": "",
  "meta_description": "A wineskin was a leather container used to hold liquids, especially wine. In Scripture it can function as an image for what is able—or unable—to contain something new.",
  "public_url": "/companion-bible-dictionary/wine-skin/",
  "json_url": "/companion-bible-dictionary/data/dictionary/wine-skin.json",
  "final_disposition": "PUBLISH_CANONICAL"
}