King James Version
Acts 2:15 in the King James Version says “For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day.” — study this verse from Acts chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day.”
Acts 2:15 · KJV
Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine.
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:
For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day.
But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel;
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:
KJV Study — Public Domain
“For”
G1063properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles)
“suppose”
G5274to take from below, i.e., carry upward; figuratively, to take up, i.e., continue a discourse or topic; mentally, to assume (presume)
“For”
G1063properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles)
“but the third”
G5154third; neuter (as noun) a third part, or (as adverb) a (or the) third time, thirdly
“of the day”
G2250day, i.e., (literally) the time space between dawn and dark, or the whole 24 hours (but several days were usually reckoned by the jews as inclusive of
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