Acts 2:15

Greek
οὐ γὰρ ὡς ὑμεῖς ὑπολαμβάνετε οὗτοιplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigοὗτος / αὕτη /τοῦτο

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Meaning:

* These or this * This one, this person, this thing * They or he or she or it

Demonstrative pronoun.

οὗτος usually refers to something close to the speaker — “this” as opposed to ἐκεῖνος (John 9:161 John 5:111 Corinthians 15:501 John 4:9John 5:1Matthew 3:17John 7:26Luke 22:19
μεθύουσιν, ἔστινplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigεἰμί

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εἰμί is the first person singular verb for “to be” (εἶναι [the infinitive form] = “to be”).

It an irregular verb, and, like English, changes significantly between person and tense. For example εἰμί is the word for am and ἦν is the word for was, e.g.
γὰρ ὥρα τρίτη τῆςplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ, ἡ, τό

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Meaning:

* The

The definite article.

Forms

Singular Case Masculine Feminine Neuter Nominative ὁ ἡ τό Genitive τοῦ τῆς τοῦ Dative τῷ τῇ
ἡμέρας,
ESV
For these men are not drunk, as you suppose, since it is only the third hour of the day.
NIV
These men are not drunk, as you suppose. It's only nine in the morning!
NLT
These people are not drunk, as some of you are assuming. Nine o'clock in the morning is much too early for that.
KJV
For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day.

Acts 2:14 ← Acts 2:15 → Acts 2:16

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