God’s Word Translation
Acts 2:13
13Others said jokingly, “They’re drunk on sweet wine.”
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
11Crete, and Arabia. We hear these men in our own languages as they tell about the miracles that God has done.” 12All of these devout men were stunned and puzzled. They asked each other, “What can this mean?” Others said jokingly, “They’re drunk on sweet wine.” 14Then Peter stood up with the eleven apostles. In a loud voice he said to them, “Men of Judea and everyone living in Jerusalem! You must understand this, so pay attention to what I say. 15These men are not drunk as you suppose. It’s only nine in the morning.
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ἕτεροι δὲ διαχλευάζοντες ἔλεγον ὅτι γλεύκους μεμεστωμένοι εἰσίν.¶Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Acts 2:13
- Acts 2:15These men are not drunk as you suppose. It’s only nine in the morning.
- 1 Samuel 1:14“How long are you going to stay drunk?” Eli asked her. “Get rid of your wine.”
- Job 32:19My belly is like ⌞a bottle of⌟ wine that has not been opened, like new wineskins that are ready to burst.
- Isaiah 25:6On this mountain the Lord of Armies will prepare for all people a feast with the best foods, a banquet with aged wines, with the best foods and the finest wines.
- Zechariah 9:15The Lord of Armies will defend them. They will destroy and trample the stones used in slings. They will drink and shout as if they were drunk. They will be filled like a sacrificial bowl ⌞used for sprinkling⌟ the corners of the altar.
- Zechariah 10:7The people of Ephraim will be like mighty warriors. Their hearts will be glad as if they had some wine ⌞to drink⌟. Their sons will see it and be glad. Their hearts will find joy in the Lord.
- Ephesians 5:18Don’t get drunk on wine, which leads to wild living. Instead, be filled with the Spirit
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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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
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