Some Further Examples of Anti-Judaic Bias in the Western Text of the Gospel of Luke

Abstract

"The first variant to be considered here is found in a passage that already contains anti-Judaic overtones (Luke 5:33-39). Some of Jesus' hearers asked him why it was that his disciples did not fast when the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fasted religiously. Jesus replied that the attendants of the bridegroom could not fast while he was with them. However, the days would come when the bridegroom would be taken from them, and then they would fast. This explanation is followed by the parable of the patched garment and the wineskins. The parable is concluded by a statement on the quality of the old wine"