How did Peter answer the charge of drunkenness at Pentecost?
At Pentecost, Peter replied that the speakers were not drunk, because it was only the third hour of the day, about 9 a.m. He explained that what the crowd witnessed was the fulfillment of prophecy, not the result of new wine.
At Pentecost, after they were accused of drinking too much new wine early in the morning, Peter responded in Acts 2:15. He said, "For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day." Les points out that this meant it was only 9 o'clock in the morning. Peter then explained that what the people were seeing was the fulfillment of prophecy. Les also notes the irony that they were speaking in languages everyone could understand, which is not characteristic of drunkenness.
For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day.
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How did Peter answer the charge that the disciples were drunk at Pentecost?
Peter said the disciples at Pentecost were not drunk, because it was only nine o'clock in the morning, and that what they saw was 'this is that' spoken by Joel.
Why did Peter say the disciples were not drunk at Pentecost?
Peter refuted the drunkenness charge by pointing out that it was the third hour of the day—too early in the day for anyone to be that drunk.