Acts 2:15

Acts 2:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day.
• New International Version (NIV)These people are not drunk, as you suppose. It’s only nine in the morning!
• English Standard Version (ESV)For these people are not drunk, as you suppose, since it is only the third hour of the day.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For these are not drunk, as you suppose, since it is only the third hour of the day.

Context of Acts 2:15

13But others in the crowd ridiculed them, saying, “They’re just drunk, that’s all!” 14Then Peter stepped forward with the eleven other apostles and shouted to the crowd, “Listen carefully, all of you, fellow Jews and residents of Jerusalem! Make no mistake about this. These people are not drunk, as some of you are assuming. Nine o’clock in the morning is much too early for that. 16No, what you see was predicted long ago by the prophet Joel: 17‘In the last days,’ God says, ‘I will pour out my Spirit upon all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy. Your young men will see visions, and your old men will dream dreams.

Acts 2:15 word by word

οὐ γὰρ ὡς ὑμεῖς ὑπολαμβάνετε οὗτοι μεθύουσιν, ἔστιν γὰρ ὥρα τρίτη τῆς ἡμέρας,Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Forγάρgar · forG1063
• theseοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• areμεθύωmethuō · to get drunkG3184
• notοὐou · noG3756
• asὡςhōs · as/whenG5613
• yeσύsu · youG4771
• supposeὑπολαμβάνωhupolambanō · to take up/supposeG5274
• isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• theὥραhōra · hourG5610
• thirdτρίτοςtritos · thirdG5154
• of the dayὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• of the dayἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250

Cross-references for Acts 2:15

• 1 Samuel 1:15“Oh no, sir!” she replied. “I haven’t been drinking wine or anything stronger. But I am very discouraged, and I was pouring out my heart to the Lord.
• Matthew 20:3“At nine o’clock in the morning he was passing through the marketplace and saw some people standing around doing nothing.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:5For you are all children of the light and of the day; we don’t belong to darkness and night.

Commentaries on Acts 2:15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15But the third hour of the day - That is, about nine o'clock in the morning, previously to which the Jews scarcely ever ate or drank, for that hour was the hour of prayer. This custom appears to have been so common that even the most intemperate among the Jews were not known to transgress it; Peter therefore spoke with confidence when he said, these are not drunken - seeing it is but the third hour of the day, previously to which even the intemperate did…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15For these are not drunken … - The word these here includes Peter himself, as well as the others. The charge doubtless extended to all. The third hour of the day - The Jews divided their day into twelve equal parts, reckoning from sunrise to sunset. Of course the hours were longer in summer than in winter. The third hour would correspond to our nine o‘clock in the morning. The reasons why it was so improbable that they would be drunk at that time were the…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-21Verses 14-21 Peter's sermon shows that he was thoroughly recovered from his fall, and thoroughly restored to the Divine favour; for he who had denied Christ, now boldly confessed him. His account of the miraculous pouring forth of the Spirit, was designed to awaken the hearers to embrace the faith of Christ, and to join themselves to his church. It was the fulfilling the Scripture, and the fruit of Christ's resurrection and ascension, and proof of both…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14-36This is the first of about 30 speeches in Acts and one of the most important. It marks the beginning of the Christian church. It is a typical example of the preaching of the apostles. The apostles proclaimed: that the Old Testament promises came true in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus, the promised Messiah; that the apostles were eyewitnesses of the public ministry of Jesus and were his chosen representatives; that people must turn away…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 14-3614-21. Peter, standing up with the eleven--in advance, perhaps, of the rest.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