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It&#8217s only nine in the morning!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/acts/2.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />These people are not drunk, as some of you are assuming. Nine o’clock in the morning is much too early for that.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/acts/2.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />For these people are not drunk, as you suppose, since it is only the third hour of the day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/acts/2.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />These men are not drunk, as you suppose. It is only the third hour of the day!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/acts/2.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />For these are not drunkards as you suppose, for it is <i>the</i> third hour of the day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/acts/2.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is <i>but</i> the third hour of the day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/acts/2.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />For these are not drunk, as you suppose, since it is <i>only</i> the third hour of the day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/acts/2.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />For these people are not drunk, as you assume, since it is <i>only</i> the third hour of the day;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/acts/2.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220For these men are not drunk, as you suppose, for it is only the third hour of the day;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/acts/2.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“For these men are not drunk, as you suppose, for it is <i>only</i> the third hour of the day;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/acts/2.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />For these men are not drunk, as you suppose, for it is the third hour of the day;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/acts/2.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />These people are not drunk, as you assume, since it is [only] the third hour of the day (9:00 a.m.);<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/acts/2.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For these people are not drunk, as you suppose, since it’s only nine in the morning.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/acts/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For these people are not drunk, as you suppose, since it&#8217s only nine in the morning.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/acts/2.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />For these are not drunken, as ye suppose; seeing it is but the third hour of the day;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/acts/2.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />You are wrong to think that these people are drunk. After all, it is only nine o'clock in the morning. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/acts/2.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />For these are not drunken, as ye suppose; seeing it is but the third hour of the day;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/acts/2.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />These men are not drunk as you suppose. It's only nine in the morning.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/acts/2.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />These people are not drunk, as you suppose; it is only nine o'clock in the morning. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/acts/2.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />These men are not drunk as you suppose, for it's only nine o'clock in the morning.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/acts/2.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />These men are not drunk, as you suppose. It is only the third hour of the day!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/acts/2.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />In spite of what you think, these men are not drunk, for it is only nine o'clock in the morning.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/acts/2.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />For these are not drunk, as you suppose, seeing it is only nine in the morning.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/acts/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/acts/2.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />For this is not intoxication, as you suppose, it being only the third hour of the day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/acts/2.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />For these aren’t drunken, as you suppose, seeing it is only the third hour of the day. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/acts/2.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />for these are not drunken, as you take it up, for it is the third hour of the day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/acts/2.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />For these are not drunkards as you suppose, for it is <i>the</i> third hour of the day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/acts/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> for these are not drunken, as ye take it up, for it is the third hour of the day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/acts/2.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For not, as ye suppose, are these intoxicated, (for it is the third hour of the day.)<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/acts/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />For these are not drunk, as you suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/acts/2.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />For these men are not inebriated, as you suppose, for it is the third hour of the day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/acts/2.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />These people are not drunk, as you suppose, for it is only nine o’clock in the morning.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/acts/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Indeed, these are not drunk, as you suppose, for it is only nine o’clock in the morning.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/acts/2.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />For these men are not drunken as you suppose for behold it is but the third hour of the day. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/acts/2.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />“These are not drunk as you are thinking, for behold, it is now the third hour.”<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/acts/2.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />For these men are not drunk, as you suppose: for it is the third hour of the day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/acts/2.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br />For these are not drunken, as you suppose; for it is the third hour of the day;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/acts/2.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />for these men are not, as ye suppose, drunk, for it is only the third hour of the day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/acts/2.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />these are not drunk, as you suppose, since it is but the third hour of the day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/acts/2.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />For this is not intoxication, as you suppose, it being only the third hour of the day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/acts/2.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br />for these are not drunken, as ye suppose, for it is <i>the</i> third hour of the day;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/acts/2.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br />for these <i>men</i> are not drunk, as ye suppose; for it is <i>but</i> the third hour of the day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/acts/2-15.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/in5WTRQ9BSQ?start=360" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/acts/2.htm">Peter Preaches to the Crowd</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14</span>Then Peter stood up with the Eleven, lifted up his voice, and addressed the crowd: “Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen carefully to my words. <span class="reftext">15</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/1063.htm" title="1063: gar (Conj) -- For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason."></a> <a href="/greek/3778.htm" title="3778: houtoi (DPro-NMP) -- This; he, she, it. ">These men</a> <a href="/greek/3756.htm" title="3756: ou (Adv) -- No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not."></a> <a href="/greek/3184.htm" title="3184: methyousin (V-PIA-3P) -- To be intoxicated with wine, be drunk. From another form of methe; to drink to intoxication, i.e. Get drunk.">are not drunk,</a> <a href="/greek/5613.htm" title="5613: hōs (Adv) -- Probably adverb of comparative from hos; which how, i.e. In that manner.">as</a> <a href="/greek/4771.htm" title="4771: hymeis (PPro-N2P) -- You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.">you</a> <a href="/greek/5274.htm" title="5274: hypolambanete (V-PIA-2P) -- (a) I take up, (b) I welcome, entertain, (c) I answer, (d) I suppose, imagine. ">suppose.</a> <a href="/greek/1063.htm" title="1063: gar (Conj) -- For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason."></a> <a href="/greek/1510.htm" title="1510: estin (V-PIA-3S) -- I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.">It is</a> <a href="/greek/5154.htm" title="5154: tritē (Adj-NFS) -- Third. Ordinal from treis; third; neuter a third part, or a third time, thirdly.">only the third</a> <a href="/greek/5610.htm" title="5610: hōra (N-NFS) -- Apparently a primary word; an hour.">hour</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēs (Art-GFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">of the</a> <a href="/greek/2250.htm" title="2250: hēmeras (N-GFS) -- A day, the period from sunrise to sunset. ">day!</a> </span> <span class="reftext">16</span>No, this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joel/2-28.htm">Joel 2:28-32</a></span><br />And afterward, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions. / Even on My menservants and maidservants, I will pour out My Spirit in those days. / I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and columns of smoke. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/1-15.htm">1 Samuel 1:15</a></span><br />“No, my lord,” Hannah replied. “I am a woman troubled in spirit. I have not had any wine or strong drink, but I have poured out my soul before the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/28-7.htm">Isaiah 28:7</a></span><br />These also stagger from wine and stumble from strong drink: Priests and prophets reel from strong drink and are befuddled by wine. They stumble because of strong drink, muddled in their visions and stumbling in their judgments.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/9-17.htm">Matthew 9:17</a></span><br />Neither do men pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the skins will burst, the wine will spill, and the wineskins will be ruined. Instead, they pour new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/5-18.htm">Ephesians 5:18</a></span><br />Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_thessalonians/5-7.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:7</a></span><br />For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/2-10.htm">John 2:10</a></span><br />and said, “Everyone serves the fine wine first, and then the cheap wine after the guests are drunk. But you have saved the fine wine until now!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/23-31.htm">Proverbs 23:31-32</a></span><br />Do not gaze at wine while it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly. / In the end it bites like a snake and stings like a viper.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/21-34.htm">Luke 21:34</a></span><br />But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/13-13.htm">Romans 13:13</a></span><br />Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/4-3.htm">1 Peter 4:3</a></span><br />For you have spent enough time in the past carrying out the same desires as the Gentiles: living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/5-11.htm">Isaiah 5:11</a></span><br />Woe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of strong drink, who linger into the evening, to be inflamed by wine.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/5-22.htm">Isaiah 5:22</a></span><br />Woe to those who are heroes in drinking wine and champions in mixing strong drink,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/5-21.htm">Galatians 5:21</a></span><br />and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/6-10.htm">1 Corinthians 6:10</a></span><br />nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">For these are not drunken, as you suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day.</p><p class="hdg">these.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/1-15.htm">1 Samuel 1:15</a></b></br> And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I <i>am</i> a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the LORD.</p><p class="hdg">seeing.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/20-3.htm">Matthew 20:3</a></b></br> And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace,</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_thessalonians/5-5.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:5-8</a></b></br> Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/john/6-53.htm">Drunk</a> <a href="/luke/17-8.htm">Drunken</a> <a href="/acts/2-13.htm">Full</a> <a href="/john/19-27.htm">Hour</a> <a href="/john/21-4.htm">Morning</a> <a href="/luke/17-17.htm">Nine</a> <a href="/john/16-33.htm">Overcome</a> <a href="/luke/18-7.htm">Seems</a> <a href="/john/21-25.htm">Suppose</a> <a href="/john/21-17.htm">Third</a> <a href="/acts/2-13.htm">Wine</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/acts/10-41.htm">Drunk</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/11-21.htm">Drunken</a> <a href="/acts/2-26.htm">Full</a> <a href="/acts/3-1.htm">Hour</a> <a href="/acts/4-3.htm">Morning</a> <a href="/acts/23-23.htm">Nine</a> <a href="/acts/2-24.htm">Overcome</a> <a href="/acts/16-15.htm">Seems</a> <a href="/acts/13-25.htm">Suppose</a> <a href="/acts/10-40.htm">Third</a> <a href="/romans/14-21.htm">Wine</a><div class="vheading2">Acts 2</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/acts/2-1.htm">The apostles, filled with the Holy Spirit, and speaking various languages, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/acts/2-12.htm">are admired by some, and derided by others;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/acts/2-14.htm">whom Peter disproves;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">37. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/acts/2-37.htm">he baptizes a great number who were converted;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">41. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/acts/2-41.htm">who afterwards devoutly and charitably converse together; </a></span><br><span class="reftext">43. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/acts/2-43.htm">the apostles working many miracles, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">46. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/acts/2-46.htm">and God daily increasing his church.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/acts/2.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/acts/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/acts/2.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>These men are not drunk, as you suppose.</b><br>In the context of <a href="/acts/2.htm">Acts 2</a>, the apostles had just been filled with the Holy Spirit, resulting in them speaking in various tongues. This miraculous event led some onlookers to mock them, suggesting they were drunk. Peter's response here is a defense against this accusation. The cultural context of the time shows that drunkenness was not uncommon, but Peter's assertion highlights the absurdity of the claim given the time of day. This moment also fulfills Jesus' promise of the Holy Spirit in <a href="/john/14-16.htm">John 14:16-17</a>, marking the beginning of the Church's mission.<p><b>It is only the third hour of the day!</b><br>The "third hour" refers to approximately 9:00 AM, as the Jewish day began at sunrise, around 6:00 AM. This detail underscores the unlikelihood of the apostles being drunk, as it was customary for Jews to refrain from eating or drinking until after morning prayers. This time reference also connects to the Jewish practice of morning sacrifices, aligning the outpouring of the Holy Spirit with a time of worship and devotion. The early hour emphasizes the divine nature of the event, distinguishing it from ordinary human behavior and pointing to the fulfillment of Joel's prophecy about the outpouring of the Spirit (<a href="/joel/2-28.htm">Joel 2:28-32</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/p/peter.htm">Peter</a></b><br>One of Jesus' twelve apostles, Peter stands up to address the crowd, defending the actions of the disciples and explaining the events of Pentecost.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_disciples.htm">The Disciples</a></b><br>The followers of Jesus who were filled with the Holy Spirit and began speaking in different tongues, causing amazement and confusion among the onlookers.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a></b><br>The city where the events of Pentecost took place, a significant location for Jewish festivals and the early Christian church.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/p/pentecost.htm">Pentecost</a></b><br>A Jewish festival occurring fifty days after Passover, during which the Holy Spirit descended upon the disciples, marking the birth of the Christian Church.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_crowd.htm">The Crowd</a></b><br>Composed of devout Jews from various nations who were in Jerusalem for the festival, they witnessed the miraculous events and were initially skeptical.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_the_context.htm">Understanding the Context</a></b><br>Recognize the cultural and religious significance of Pentecost and how it set the stage for the Holy Spirit's arrival.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/defending_the_faith.htm">Defending the Faith</a></b><br>Like Peter, be prepared to give a reasoned defense of your faith, addressing misconceptions with clarity and truth.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_the_holy_spirit.htm">The Power of the Holy Spirit</a></b><br>Acknowledge the transformative power of the Holy Spirit in enabling believers to speak and act beyond their natural abilities.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_sobriety.htm">Spiritual Sobriety</a></b><br>Emphasize the importance of being spiritually alert and filled with the Spirit rather than succumbing to worldly influences.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/fulfillment_of_prophecy.htm">Fulfillment of Prophecy</a></b><br>Appreciate how New Testament events fulfill Old Testament prophecies, strengthening the continuity and reliability of Scripture.<a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/acts/2.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(15) <span class= "bld">Seeing it is but the third hour of the day.</span>--The appeal is made to the common standard of right feeling. Drunkenness belonged to the night (<a href="/1_thessalonians/5-7.htm" title="For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.">1Thessalonians 5:7</a>). It was a mark of extremest baseness for men to "rise up early in the morning that they may follow strong drink" (<a href="/isaiah/5-11.htm" title="Woe to them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!">Isaiah 5:11</a>; comp. also <a href="/ecclesiastes/10-16.htm" title="Woe to you, O land, when your king is a child, and your princes eat in the morning!">Ecclesiastes 10:16</a>). "Were the disciples likely to be drunk at 9 a. m., and that on the morning of the Day of Pentecost, after a night spent in devotion, and when all decent Jews were fasting?<p><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/acts/2-15.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">These [men]</span><br /><span class="grk">οὗτοι</span> <span class="translit">(houtoi)</span><br /><span class="parse">Demonstrative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3778.htm">Strong's 3778: </a> </span><span class="str2">This; he, she, it. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">are not drunk</span><br /><span class="grk">μεθύουσιν</span> <span class="translit">(methyousin)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3184.htm">Strong's 3184: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be intoxicated with wine, be drunk. From another form of methe; to drink to intoxication, i.e. Get drunk.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">as</span><br /><span class="grk">ὡς</span> <span class="translit">(hōs)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_5613.htm">Strong's 5613: </a> </span><span class="str2">Probably adverb of comparative from hos; which how, i.e. In that manner.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you</span><br /><span class="grk">ὑμεῖς</span> <span class="translit">(hymeis)</span><br /><span class="parse">Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 2nd Person Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4771.htm">Strong's 4771: </a> </span><span class="str2">You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">suppose.</span><br /><span class="grk">ὑπολαμβάνετε</span> <span class="translit">(hypolambanete)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_5274.htm">Strong's 5274: </a> </span><span class="str2">(a) I take up, (b) I welcome, entertain, (c) I answer, (d) I suppose, imagine. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">It is</span><br /><span class="grk">ἔστιν</span> <span class="translit">(estin)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1510.htm">Strong's 1510: </a> </span><span class="str2">I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[only the] third</span><br /><span class="grk">τρίτη</span> <span class="translit">(tritē)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_5154.htm">Strong's 5154: </a> </span><span class="str2">Third. Ordinal from treis; third; neuter a third part, or a third time, thirdly.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">hour</span><br /><span class="grk">ὥρα</span> <span class="translit">(hōra)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_5610.htm">Strong's 5610: </a> </span><span class="str2">Apparently a primary word; an 'hour'.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the</span><br /><span class="grk">τῆς</span> <span class="translit">(tēs)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article - Genitive Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">day!</span><br /><span class="grk">ἡμέρας</span> <span class="translit">(hēmeras)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2250.htm">Strong's 2250: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day, the period from sunrise to sunset. </span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/acts/2-15.htm">Acts 2:15 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/acts/2-15.htm">Acts 2:15 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/acts/2-15.htm">Acts 2:15 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/acts/2-15.htm">Acts 2:15 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/acts/2-15.htm">Acts 2:15 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/acts/2-15.htm">Acts 2:15 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/acts/2-15.htm">Acts 2:15 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/acts/2-15.htm">Acts 2:15 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/acts/2-15.htm">Acts 2:15 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/acts/2-15.htm">Acts 2:15 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/acts/2-15.htm">NT Apostles: Acts 2:15 For these aren't drunken as you suppose (Acts of the Apostles Ac) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/acts/2-14.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Acts 2:14"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Acts 2:14" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/acts/2-16.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Acts 2:16"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Acts 2:16" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>