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Acts 2:15 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Acts 2:15Greek Interlinear

Greek · Acts 2:1513 words
GreekMeaning
οὐou
NotadverbG3756
γὰρgar
forwordG1063
ὡςhōs
aswordG5613
ὑμεῖςhymeis
you yourselvespronounG4771
ὑπολαμβάνετεhypolambanete
supposeverbG5274
οὗτοιhoutoi
thesedemonstrativeG3778
μεθύουσινmethyousin
are drunkardsverbG3184
ἔστινestin
it isverbG1510
γὰρgar
forwordG1063
ὥραhōra
the hournounG5610
τρίτηtritē
thirdadjectiveG5154
τῆςtēs
of thearticleG3588
ἡμέραςhēmeras
daynounG2250
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Acts 2:15

[He men of Judea, and all you that dwell at Jerusalem,] whom the writer above described as strangers. Here he directs his discourse to those others, the mockers, and while he seems to reason with those, he sets these right. For indeed it was divinely ordered that some mocked, that he might have a starting-point for his defense, and by means of that defense, might teach. [And all you that dwell in Jerusalem.] It seems they accounted it a high encomium to dwell in Jerusalem…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 5 on Acts
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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