Acts 2:15
New International Version
These people are not drunk, as you suppose. It’s only nine in the morning!

New Living Translation
These people are not drunk, as some of you are assuming. Nine o’clock in the morning is much too early for that.

English Standard Version
For these people are not drunk, as you suppose, since it is only the third hour of the day.

Berean Standard Bible
These men are not drunk, as you suppose. It is only the third hour of the day!

Berean Literal Bible
For these are not drunkards as you suppose, for it is the third hour of the day.

King James Bible
For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day.

New King James Version
For these are not drunk, as you suppose, since it is only the third hour of the day.

New American Standard Bible
For these people are not drunk, as you assume, since it is only the third hour of the day;

NASB 1995
“For these men are not drunk, as you suppose, for it is only the third hour of the day;

NASB 1977
“For these men are not drunk, as you suppose, for it is only the third hour of the day;

Legacy Standard Bible
For these men are not drunk, as you suppose, for it is the third hour of the day;

Amplified Bible
These people are not drunk, as you assume, since it is [only] the third hour of the day (9:00 a.m.);

Christian Standard Bible
For these people are not drunk, as you suppose, since it’s only nine in the morning.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For these people are not drunk, as you suppose, since it’s only nine in the morning.

American Standard Version
For these are not drunken, as ye suppose; seeing it is but the third hour of the day;

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
“These are not drunk as you are thinking, for behold, it is now the third hour.”

Contemporary English Version
You are wrong to think that these people are drunk. After all, it is only nine o'clock in the morning.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For these are not drunk, as you suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day:

English Revised Version
For these are not drunken, as ye suppose; seeing it is but the third hour of the day;

GOD'S WORD® Translation
These men are not drunk as you suppose. It's only nine in the morning.

Good News Translation
These people are not drunk, as you suppose; it is only nine o'clock in the morning.

International Standard Version
These men are not drunk as you suppose, for it's only nine o'clock in the morning.

Literal Standard Version
for these are not drunken, as you take it up, for it is the third hour of the day.

Majority Standard Bible
These men are not drunk, as you suppose. It is only the third hour of the day!

New American Bible
These people are not drunk, as you suppose, for it is only nine o’clock in the morning.

NET Bible
In spite of what you think, these men are not drunk, for it is only nine o'clock in the morning.

New Revised Standard Version
Indeed, these are not drunk, as you suppose, for it is only nine o’clock in the morning.

New Heart English Bible
For these are not drunk, as you suppose, seeing it is only nine in the morning.

Webster's Bible Translation
For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day.

Weymouth New Testament
For this is not intoxication, as you suppose, it being only the third hour of the day.

World English Bible
For these aren’t drunken, as you suppose, seeing it is only the third hour of the day.

Young's Literal Translation
for these are not drunken, as ye take it up, for it is the third hour of the day.

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Context
Peter Preaches to the Crowd
14Then 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. 15 These men are not drunk, as you suppose. It is only the third hour of the day! 16No, this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:…

Cross References
John 2:10
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!"

Acts 2:16
No, this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:

1 Thessalonians 5:7
For those who sleep, sleep at night; and those who get drunk, get drunk at night.


Treasury of Scripture

For these are not drunken, as you suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day.

these.

1 Samuel 1:15
And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the LORD.

seeing.

Matthew 20:3
And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace,

1 Thessalonians 5:5-8
Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness…

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Acts 2
1. The apostles, filled with the Holy Spirit, and speaking various languages,
12. are admired by some, and derided by others;
14. whom Peter disproves;
37. he baptizes a great number who were converted;
41. who afterwards devoutly and charitably converse together;
43. the apostles working many miracles,
46. and God daily increasing his church.














(15) Seeing it is but the third hour of the day.--The appeal is made to the common standard of right feeling. Drunkenness belonged to the night (1Thessalonians 5:7). It was a mark of extremest baseness for men to "rise up early in the morning that they may follow strong drink" (Isaiah 5:11; comp. also Ecclesiastes 10:16). "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?



Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
These [men]
οὗτοι (houtoi)
Demonstrative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3778: This; he, she, it.

are not drunk
μεθύουσιν (methyousin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 3184: To be intoxicated with wine, be drunk. From another form of methe; to drink to intoxication, i.e. Get drunk.

as
ὡς (hōs)
Adverb
Strong's 5613: Probably adverb of comparative from hos; which how, i.e. In that manner.

you
ὑμεῖς (hymeis)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

suppose.
ὑπολαμβάνετε (hypolambanete)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 5274: (a) I take up, (b) I welcome, entertain, (c) I answer, (d) I suppose, imagine.

It is
ἔστιν (estin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

[only the] third
τρίτη (tritē)
Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 5154: Third. Ordinal from treis; third; neuter a third part, or a third time, thirdly.

hour
ὥρα (hōra)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 5610: Apparently a primary word; an 'hour'.

of the
τῆς (tēs)
Article - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

day!
ἡμέρας (hēmeras)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 2250: A day, the period from sunrise to sunset.


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