Acts 2:13 (KJV)

Passage

Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine.

Nearby Context

Acts 2:11 Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God.

Acts 2:12 And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth this?

Acts 2:13 Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine.

Acts 2:14 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:

Acts 2:15 For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "others", "mocking", "said", "full", and "wine". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "others" and "mocking", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 12's "And they were all amazed and were..." into verse 14's "But Peter standing up with the eleven...", so "others" and "mocking" belong inside that flow. In Acts context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "others" and "mocking" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.