But others mocked them and said, “They are drunk on new wine!”
Parallel translations
- WEB Others, mocking, said, “They are filled with new wine.”
- KJV Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine.
- NKJV Others mocking said, “They are full of new wine.”
- NASB But others were jeering and saying, “They are full of sweet wine!”
- NLT But others in the crowd ridiculed them, saying, “They’re just drunk, that’s all!”
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Quick answer
Others mock, claiming the believers are merely drunk. It shows that the same event can provoke either wonder or scornful unbelief.
Overview
The mockers dismiss the miracle as drunkenness, refusing to consider God's work. This response illustrates the hardness that resists clear signs. Their charge prompts Peter to stand and offer the true explanation from Scripture.
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Cross-references · 10
- 1 Cor 14:23So if the whole church comes together and everyone speaks in tongues, and some who are uninstructed or some unbelievers come in, will they not say that you are out of your minds?
- 1 Sam 1:14and said to her, “How long will you be drunk? Put away your wine!”
- Zech 10:7Ephraim will be like a mighty man, and their hearts will be glad as with wine. Their children will see it and be joyful; their hearts will rejoice in the LORD.
- Acts 2:15These men are not drunk, as you suppose. It is only the third hour of the day!
- Job 32:19Behold, my belly is like unvented wine; it is about to burst like a new wineskin.
- Isa 25:6On this mountain the LORD of Hosts will prepare a banquet for all the peoples, a feast of aged wine, of choice meat, of finely aged wine.
- Eph 5:18Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.
- Zech 9:15The LORD of Hosts will shield them. They will destroy and conquer with slingstones; they will drink and roar as with wine. And they will be filled like sprinkling bowls, drenched like the corners of the altar.
- Zech 9:17How lovely they will be, and how beautiful! Grain will make the young men flourish, and new wine, the young women.
- Song 7:9and your mouth like the finest wine. May it flow smoothly to my beloved, gliding gently over lips and teeth.
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