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

11both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabs – we hear them speaking in our own languages about the great deeds God has done!” 12All were astounded and greatly confused, saying to one another, “What does this mean?” But others jeered at the speakers, saying, “They are drunk on new wine!” 14But Peter stood up with the eleven, raised his voice, and addressed them: “You men of Judea and all you who live in Jerusalem, know this and listen carefully to what I say. 15In spite of what you think, these men are not drunk, for 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 2:15In spite of what you think, these men are not drunk, for it is only nine o’clock in the morning.
• 1 Samuel 1:14So he said to her, “How often do you intend to get drunk? Put away your wine!”
• Job 32:19Inside I am like wine which has no outlet, like new wineskins ready to burst!
• Isaiah 25:6The Lord who commands armies will hold a banquet for all the nations on this mountain. At this banquet there will be plenty of meat and aged wine – tender meat and choicest wine.
• Zechariah 9:15The Lord who rules over all will guard them, and they will prevail and overcome with sling stones. Then they will drink, and will become noisy like drunkards, full like the sacrificial basin or like the corners of the altar.
• Zechariah 10:7The Ephraimites will be like warriors and will rejoice as if they had drunk wine. Their children will see it and rejoice; they will celebrate in the things of the Lord.
• Ephesians 5:18And do not get drunk with wine, which is debauchery, but be filled by 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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In the dictionaries

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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