[B-Greek] Acts 2:13,15 - Who is the "they" and "these"
Eric Weiss
eweiss at gte.net
Sun Aug 10 09:38:46 EDT 2003
12 EXISTANTO DE PANTES KAI DIHPOROUN, ALLOS PROS ALLON LEGONTES: TI
QELEI TOUTO EINAI. 13 hETEROI DE DIACLEUAZONTES ELEGON hOTI *_GLEUKOUS
MEMESTWMENOI EISIN_*. 14 STAQEIS DE hO PETROS SUN TOIS hENDEKA EPHREN
THN FWNHN AUTOU KAI APEFQEGXATO AUTOIS: ANDRES IOUDAIOI KAI hOI
KATOIKOUNTES IEROUSALHM PANTES, TOUTO hUMIN GNWSTON ESTW KAI ENWTISASQE
TA hPHMATA MOU. 15 OU GAR hWS hUMEIS hUPOLAMBANETE *_hOUTOI MEQUOUSIN_*,
ESTIN GAR hWRA TRITH THS hHMERAS.
Who is the "they" (MEMESTWMENOI EISIN - 2:13) that are referred to as
filled with sweet new wine, and the "these" (hOUTOI MEQUOUSIN - 2:15)
that are said by Peter not to be drunk? I know they are the same group
or persons, but the text seems ambiguous as to whether it refers to:
1) Those who had been filled with the Holy Spirit and were speaking in
tongues -- i.e., the Eleven, including Peter, and/or the entire group in
the house (2:4), i.e., possibly the 120 of Acts 1:15; or
2) Those men in the crowd who heard or thought they heard their own
native languages being spoken. I.e., the hETEROI (2:13) were not mocking
as being drunk the tongues-speakers, but rather those in the crowd who
heard or thought they heard their own languages being spoken.
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Eric S. Weiss
eweiss at gte.net
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