Mt 9:17

Jim West jwest at Highland.Net
Mon Sep 13 16:51:23 EDT 1999


At 04:34 PM 9/13/99 +0000, you wrote:
>Dear friends,
>
>Could you tell me whether there is any difference between KAINOS and NEOS 
>in Mt 9:17: ... ALLA BALLOUSIN OINON NEON EIS ASKOUS KAINOUS... (but they 
>put new wine into new skins...)?
>And can KAINOS mean "renewed" instead of "new"?

I think that kainos refers to quality whereas neos refers to age.

Best,

Jim

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