KJV King James Version
For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is [but] the third hour of the day.
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Acts 2:15
For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is [but] the third hour of the day.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
These men are not drunk, as you suppose. It is only the third hour of the day!
WEB World English Bible
For these aren’t drunken, as you suppose, seeing it is only the third hour of the day.
ASV American Standard Version
For these are not drunken, as ye suppose; seeing it is but the third hour of the day;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
for these are not drunken, as ye take it up, for it is the third hour of the day.
Surrounding context — Acts 2
12 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.
14 But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judaea, and all [ye] that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words:
15 For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is [but] the third hour of the day.
16 But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel;
17 And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:
18 And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:
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Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
οὐG3756 · ounoγὰρG1063 · garforὡςG5613 · hōsas/whenὑμεῖςG4771 · suyouὑπολαμβάνετεG5274 · hupolambanōto take up/supposeοὗτοιG3778 · ohutosthis/he/she/itμεθύουσιν,G3184 · methuōto get drunkἔστινG1510 · eimito beγὰρG1063 · garforὥραG5610 · hōrahourτρίτηG5154 · tritosthirdτῆςG3588 · hothe/this/whoἡμέρας,G2250 · hēmeraday
Cross-references
1 Thessalonians 5:5-8Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.1 Samuel 1:15And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I [am] a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the LORD.Matthew 20:3And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace,
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