Luke the physician wrote about the disciples, “when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven. Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language. And they were all amazed and marveled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans? And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born? Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia, Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes, Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God. And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What does this mean?”, and in chapter two and verse thirteen of the book of Acts Luke wrote how some of the multitude said, “these men are full of new wine” and more where we read:
Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine.
The verse begins, “Others mocking said, ...” Luke began with the words, “others mocking” which means “other people within the multitude gathered in Jerusalem” “said” or “uttered, declared and proclaimed” the following words. Luke shared how some of the other people who were in the crowd that gathered outside the house with the upper room made the following conclusion.
The verse goes on to say, “... These men are full of new wine.” Luke continued with the words, “these men” or “the people in the upper room” “are full of new wine” which means “are intoxicated with sweet saccharine (and therefore highly inebriating) fermented wine”. Luke shared how the other people in the crowd determined that the people manifesting the “tongue” or “languages” given by the Holy Spirit were actually drunk.
When we consider Luke's words in this verse, we see how “wrong” a judgment can be by those who are watching and hearing the outward experiences of people who have been touched by God. God poured out His Spirit upon the one hundred and twenty people in the upper room, and they began to speak with other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance, but some of the people who saw and heard this decided they were drunk. God manifests Himself before people because He desires to have a personal relationship with them through His Son Jesus, and when they surrender their lives to Jesus, He will forgive their sins and grant them everlasting life. This causes a change or “manifestation” in their lives that others may see and hear. Often they may be referred to as “Holy Joe” or “they got religion”, however, inwardly that person now has a new life in Jesus Christ. “Peter” will have more to say about this in our next few verses, but for now let everyone who considers these things yield themselves to Jesus who is able to do far more than the ear or eye can perceive.
Next time Luke shares how, “Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.
Until tomorrow…there is more…
Look for the daily devotional book “Equipped for Battle – From Generation to Generation”, the marriage book “So, You Want to Be Married”, “One Year in the Sermon on the Mount” and the new poetry book "Random Mushrooms Volumes I and II" and the new novel "Elizabeth County" in all major bookstore sites, http://www.amazon.com ; http://www.barnesandnobles.com ; download to e-books, and find it locally at www.mrzlc.com/bookstore. All references are from "Strongs Concordance".
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