askos denotes the containers contrasted as old or new when wine is put into them.

The attested passages use the term for containers into which wine is put, contrasting old ones that burst and are ruined with new ones that receive new wine.

1. Wine containers, old or new · dominant

   All four verses use accusative plural forms in clauses about putting new wine into old or new containers. In Luke 5:37 the APB renders the old containers as bursting and being destroyed; Luke 5:38, Mark 2:22, and Matthew 9:17 continue the contrast by placing new wine into new ones.

   Luke 5:37Luke 5:38Mark 2:22Matthew 9:17

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across these verses, the APB presents the containers as “wineskins,” contrasting old and new ones and describing the old ones as bursting or being ruined. The verse is read as a whole, but this rendering consistently matches the clause-level contrast.