Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 2:16
“But this is that which has been spoken through the prophet Joel.” He then explains what is really happening. Quoting Scriptures which may well have recently been drawn to his attention by Jesus, and citing the prophet Joel who had spoken of a coming effusion of the Spirit in the days when God began to act, he declares that God had now begun His promised work of ‘the last days’. ‘This is that’ indicates that what they are seeing this day is a part of that pouring out of the Spirit promised by... read more
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 2:15
“For these are not drunk, as you suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day.” He first points out the unlikelihood of these men being drunk. It is too early in the day. Most Jews would only drink wine when they ate flesh and it was usual to eat flesh in the evening. Furthermore even heartier drinkers were unlikely to have drunk enough to be in such a state by roughly 9:00 am on a Feast Day, for they would not even have had their first meal, and this was a recognised time of prayer... read more