Acts 2:13

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 2:12-13

Unable or unwilling to accept the miraculous working of God in their midst some observers charged that the believers were under the control of wine rather than the Holy Spirit (cf. Ephesians 5:18; 1 Corinthians 14:23). The Greek word for wine here (gleukous) means sweet wine, which had a higher alcoholic content than regular wine. [Note: Blaiklock, p. 58.] read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 2:1-47

The Day of Pentecost1-13. Pentecost. On this day the risen Lord fulfilled His promise to send another Comforter (or Advocate) ’that He may abide with you for ever; even the Spirit of Truth, whom the world cannot receive; for it be-holdeth Him not, neither knoweth Him; but ye know Him; for He abideth with you, and shall be in you’ (John 14:17). Primarily, Pentecost is to be regarded as the Consecration of the Church for its work of evangelising the world. The fiery tongues which lighted upon the... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Acts 2:13

(13) These men are full of new wine.—Literally, of sweet drink—the word “wine” not being used—stronger and more intoxicating than the lighter and thinner wines that were ordinarily drunk. The Greek word was sometimes used, like the Latin mustum, for the unfermented grape-juice. Here, however, the context shows that wine, in the strict sense of the word, was intended, and the use of the same word in the LXX. of Job 32:19 confirms this meaning. The word for “new wine” in Matthew 9:17, Mark 2:22,... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Acts 2:1-47

The Lesson of Pentecost Acts 2:1 We must realise what went before the record which begins with this word 'and' because it has in it a lesson that we have need to learn first, of the patience and entire confidence in the fulfilling of the promise of God, and then of 'the prayer and supplication' which penetrated that patience and helped toward the realisation of their hope. I. The lesson needs learning that while the apostolic ministry has its due part and special place, the ministry of the... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Acts 2:1-47

CHAPTER 2 1. The Outpouring of the Holy Spirit (Acts 2:1-4 ). 2. The Immediate Effect of His Presence (Acts 2:5-13 ). 3. Peter’s Address (Acts 2:14-36 ). 4. The Result of the Witness (Acts 2:37-41 ). 5. The Gathered Company in Fellowship (Acts 2:42-47 ). This is an important chapter. The Promise of the Father was fulfilled, the Holy Spirit, the third person of the Trinity came down to earth, to be the other Comforter. He came on that blessed day. Two things are at once apparent. He came... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Acts 2:13

2:13 Others {g} mocking said, These men are full of new wine.(g) The word which he uses here signifies a kind of mocking which is reproachful and insolent: and by this reproachful mocking we see that no matter how great and excellent the miracle, the wickedness of man still dares to speak evil against it. read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 2:1-47

The feast of Pentecost in Israel looked forward to the very day on which God had decreed that the Spirit of God should come to form and indwell and empower the Church of God, which Christ had declared He would build (Matthew 16:18). He is the promise of the Father (Ch.1:4); He is sent by the Son from the Father (John 15:26); He has come of His own volition (John 16:13); for He is God. The disciples were with one accord in one place, a precious indication from the very beginning of the unity of... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Acts 2:1-47

THE FORMATION OF THE CHURCH THE DESCENT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT (Acts 2:1-4 ) The Day of Pentecost alludes to the Levitical feast, with which we became acquainted in the Old Testament. The word is Greek, meaning fifty, the feast occurring fifty days after the offering of the barley sheaf in the Passover feast. It commemorated the wheat harvest and was sometimes called “the Feast of harvest” (Exodus 33:16 ), or “the Feast of Weeks,” (Exodus 34:22 ), or the “Day of the First Fruits” (Numbers... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Acts 2:1-21

Chapter 5 Prayer Almighty God, are we not all in one place, with one accord, and is not our heart steady towards thee in love and in eager expectation? Have we not come together in the one all-uniting and all-reconciling name of Jesus Christ thy Son? Wilt thou then withhold the gift of the Holy Ghost, and allow us to abide in our own emptiness and poverty of mind and heart wilt thou not rather open the windows of heaven and pour out a blessing until there be not room to receive it? Thy... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Acts 2:12-13

And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth this? (13) Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine. I detain the Reader over these two verses, just to call his attention to the very different effects here described, which were wrought upon the minds of the different characters beholding this miracle. Pause, Reader, at the view. What but divine teaching could have made this difference? Here is one set of men struck with awe at the wonderful works of... read more

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