Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine.
Parallel translations
- WEB Others, mocking, said, “They are filled with new wine.”
- BSB But others mocked them and said, “They are drunk on 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.
Cross-references & the web
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- 1 Cor 14:23If therefore the whole church be come together into one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in those that are unlearned, or unbelievers, will they not say that ye are mad?
- 1 Sam 1:14And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee.
- Zech 10:7And they of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man, and their heart shall rejoice as through wine: yea, their children shall see it, and be glad; their heart shall rejoice in the LORD.
- Acts 2:15For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day.
- Job 32:19Behold, my belly is as wine which hath no vent; it is ready to burst like new bottles.
- Isa 25:6And in this mountain shall the LORD of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.
- Eph 5:18And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
- Zech 9:15The LORD of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour, and subdue with sling stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise as through wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, and as the corners of the altar.
- Zech 9:17For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids.
- Song 7:9And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine for my beloved, that goeth down sweetly, causing the lips of those that are asleep to speak.
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