Matthew Poole and continuators on Luke 5:39

39 No man also having drunk old wine, straightway desireth new: for he saith, The old is better.

We have also both in Matthew and Mark met with this piece of History. See the Notes on Matth. 9.14. Mark 2.18. Both Matthew and Mark say, That they were the Disciples of Iohn who came, and thus said to our Saviour. In our Notes upon the two former Evangelists, we have fully opened this piece of History. Iohn the Baptist was of a more severe deportment, then our Saviour thought fit to shew himself, and complying more with the practices of the Pharisees, (tho in much more sincerity) in their exercises of discipline, the Pharisees did more easily get his Disciples to joyn with them, in this address to our Saviour. Tho probably Iohns Disciples did it more out of infirmity, and the Pharisees out of Malice, that they might have whereby to lessen Christs reputation amongst the People; thus weak tho good Men are often drawn in by those who are more subtil, and Malicious to promove their designs. Besides we naturally desire to be the standard to all, and that others should take their measures from us, and possibly Iohns Disciples might have a little of that envy for their Masters sake, which we find them sick of, Iohn 3.26. Our Lord, who might have told them, that he was to be their exemplar, and not they his, dealeth more gently with them, and gives them sufficient reason why, as yet, he did not inure his Disciples to those severer Acts of Religion. 1. Because this was all the rejoycing time they were like to have. He was now with them, when he should be gone from them, before which it would not be long, they should have time to mourn. 2. That they were but newly entred into his Discipleship, and therefore not at first to be discouraged, that they might not have a temptation upon them, to leave off as soon as they began. But see the Notes more fully upon the same History in Matthew and Mark.