Atos 2

Atos 2

Hughes observes that these mockers "committed the fatal error of attributing the supernatural to natural causes. They were "modern men." Spiritually indifferent, they flippantly made light of the most important things of life and went on their self-sufficient way." (Preaching the Word – Acts: The Church Afire) Application - Beloved, when you are filled with the Spirit don't be surprised at the fiery trial which comes upon you for your testing! (1 Peter 4:12+) And don't let the attack discourage you from keeping on being filled! Mocking (1315)(diachleuazo from dia + chleuazo = to jest, jeer, sneer; chleuē means a joke) means to thoroughly deride, scoff, jeer at or ridicule, all these reactions in the present tense (continually). The were making fun of the disciples' speaking, some even laughing with contempt and derision. And very likely they were sneering which describes the making of facial expressions of contempt or scorn, even "curling" their upper lips (pix)! The Textus Receptus also uses this verb in Acts 17:32, but most modern manuscripts have diachleuazo only in Acts 2:13, using the verb chleuazo in Acts 17:32. But the point is certainly the same as these skeptical Athenian philosophers reacted to Paul's presentation of the Gospel Luke recording "Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some began to sneer (chleuazo in the imperfect tense - began to mock and kept it up)." Full of is mestoo used only here in the NT and in this context clearly conveys the sense of being intoxicated indicating sweet wine did have some degree of fermentation and alcohol content. Used in the apocrypha - In 3 Macc 5:1 to describe a king "filled with overpowering anger." Mestoo is in the perfect tense which means implies the disciples had begun to drink at some time in the past and now remained in a state of drunkenness. Sweet wine ("new wine" = KJV)(1098)(gleukos from glukus = sweet - gives us English glucose) means wine that tasted sweet but clearly had the capability of intoxicating (or the mockers would not have made this accusation). Some believe that it is what distills of its own accord from the grapes which is the sweetest and smoothest.