Acts 2:13

Acts 2:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine.
• New International Version (NIV)Some, however, made fun of them and said, “They have had too much wine.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)But others mocking said, "They are filled with new wine."
• New King James Version (NKJV)Others mocking said, “They are full of new wine.”

Context of Acts 2:13

11Some of us were born as Jews. Others of us are Gentiles who now obey God as the Jews do. Some of us are from Crete and some of us are from Arabia. But we all hear these people speaking in our own languages. They are speaking about all the great things that God has done.’ 12All the people were very surprised. They did not understand what was happening. ‘What does all this mean?’ they asked each other. But some other people laughed at the disciples. They said, ‘These people have drunk too much wine!’ 14Peter was there with the other 11 apostles and he stood up with them. He began to speak to the crowd with a loud voice. He said, ‘You people who are Jews like us, listen carefully to me. All of you who live here in Jerusalem, you also listen to me. I will explain to you everything that is happening. 15Some of you think that my friends here are drunk. But they are not drunk, because it is only nine o'clock in the morning.

Acts 2:13 word by word

ἕτεροι δὲ διαχλευάζοντες ἔλεγον ὅτι γλεύκους μεμεστωμένοι εἰσίν.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·δέde · thenG1161
• Othersἕτεροςheteros · otherG2087
• mockingχλευάζωchleuazō · to sneerG5512
• saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• ·ὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• These menμεστόωmestoō · to fillG3325
• areεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• of new wineγλεῦκοςgleukos · sweet wineG1098

Cross-references for Acts 2:13

• Acts 2:15Some of you think that my friends here are drunk. But they are not drunk, because it is only nine o'clock in the morning.
• 1 Samuel 1:14He said to her, ‘Are you always drunk like that? Throw away your wine.’
• Job 32:19I cannot keep quiet any longer! I am like a bag that is full of new wine. I am ready to break so that everything pours out!
• Isaiah 25:6The Lord Almighty will prepare a feast on this mountain. It will be a feast for all the nations of the world. It will be a great feast, with plenty of meat and wine. The best meat and the best wine will be there.
• Zechariah 9:15And the Lord Almighty will help his people. They will throw great stones at their enemies. When they go to war, they will shout loudly, like men who have drunk too much wine. They will be as full of joy as the priest's bowl is full of blood, when he pours it on the altar.
• Zechariah 10:7Israel's people will become like strong men. They will be as happy as men that drink wine. Their children will see their happy fathers and so the children will be happy. They will sing to the Lord.
• Ephesians 5:18Do not drink too much wine so that you become drunk. That will destroy your life. Instead, let God's Spirit fill you.

Commentaries on Acts 2:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13These men are full of new wine - Rather sweet wine, for , cannot mean the mustum, or new wine, as there could be none in Judea so early as pentecost. The , gleucus, seems to have been a peculiar kind of wine, and is thus described by Hesychius and Suidas: , , ͅ . Gleucus is that which distils from the grape before it is pressed. This must be at once both the strongest and sweetest wine. Calmet observes that the ancients had the secret of preserving wine…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13Others, mocking, said - The word rendered “mocking” means “to cavil, to deride.” It occurs in the New Testament in only one other place: Acts 17:32, “And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked.” This was an effect that was not confined to the day of Pentecost. There has seldom been a revival of religion, a remarkable manifestation of the power of the Holy Spirit, that has not given occasion for profane mockery and merriment. One…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-13Verses 5-13 The difference in languages which arose at Babel, has much hindered the spread of knowledge and religion. The instruments whom the Lord first employed in spreading the Christian religion, could have made no progress without this gift, which proved that their authority was from God.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-131-4. when the day of Pentecost was fully come--The fiftieth from the morrow after the first Passover sabbath (Le 23:15, 16). with one accord--the solemnity of the day, perhaps, unconsciously raising their expectations.Read the comment

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In the dictionaries

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• Miracle
• Notable
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Commentaries on Acts 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings