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Acts 2:15 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" For these aren’t drunken, as you suppose, seeing it is only the third hour of the day. "
Acts 2:15
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
13 Others, mocking, said, “They are filled with new wine.”
14 But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice and spoke out to them, “You men of Judea and all you who dwell at Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen to my words.
15 For these aren’t drunken, as you suppose, seeing it is only the third hour of the day.
16 But this is what has been spoken through the prophet Joel:
17 ‘It will be in the last days, says God, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh. Your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your young men will see visions. Your old men will dream dreams.
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Acts 2:1
"Now when the day of Pentecost had come, they were all with one accord in one place."
Acts 2:2
"Suddenly there came from the sky a sound like the rushing of a mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting."
Acts 2:3
"Tongues like fire appeared and were distributed to them, and one sat on each of them."
Acts 2:4
"They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other languages, as the Spirit gave them the ability to speak."
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"Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men, from every nation under the sky."
Acts 2:6
"When this sound was heard, the multitude came together and were bewildered, because everyone heard them speaking in his own language."
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