Acts 2:13 - Exposition

But others for others, A.V. ; they are filled with for these men are full of, A.V. New wine ; more literally, sweet wine. These mockers, men incapable of serious and devout appreciation of the work of the Holy Spirit, attributed the tension of feeling which they saw, and the unintelligible words which they heard, to the effect of wine. So Festus said," Paul, thou art mad." So the unbelieving Jews of Pontus and Asia thought it strange that the Christians should live holily, and spake evil of them in consequence ( 1 Peter 4:4 , 1 Peter 4:14 ). So Ishmael mocked Isaac ( Genesis 21:9 ); and so in all times "they that are born after the flesh do persecute them that are born after the Spirit" ( Galatians 4:29 ).