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Acts 2:15

For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day.

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οὐounotοὐadverb — “not”G3756no, not.notγὰρgarseeingγάρconjunction — “seeing”G1063for.seeingὡςhōswhichὡςconjunction — “which”G5613as, like as, about, as it were, according as, how, when, while, as soon as, so that.ὑμεῖςhumeisyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, nominative, plural — “you”, the subject formG4771you.ὑπολαμβάνετεhupolambaneteto take upὑπολαμβάνω (hupolambanō)verb, present active indicative, 2nd person plural — “to take up”, an ongoing or repeated actionG5274(a) I take up, (b) I welcome, entertain, (c) I answer, (d) I suppose, imagine.This verse uses “take up”.οὗτοιhoutoithisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, nominative, plural, masculine — “this”, the subject formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.μεθύουσινmethuousinto get drunkμεθύω (methuō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person plural — “to get drunk”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3184I am intoxicated with wine, am drunk.ἔστινestinit isεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “it is”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.it isγὰρgarforγάρconjunction — “for”G1063for.ὥραhōrahourὥραnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “hour”, the subject formG5610(a) a definite space of time, a season, (b) an hour, (c) the particular time for anything.hourτρίτηtritēthirdτρίτος (tritos)adjective, nominative, singular, feminine — “third”, the subject formG5154third.τῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἡμέραςhēmerasof the dayἡμέρα (hēmera)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “of the day”, the of-formG2250a day, the period from sunrise to sunset.of the day

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

for these are not drunken, as ye take it up, for it is the third hour of the day.

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American Standard Version (1901)

For these are not drunken, as ye suppose; seeing it is but the third hour of the day;

Young’s Literal Translation

for these are not drunken, as ye take it up, for it is the third hour of the day.

World English Bible

For these aren’t drunken, as you suppose, seeing it is only the third hour of the day.

Darby Translation

for these are not full of wine, as ye suppose, for it is the third hour of the day;

Douay-Rheims

For these are not drunk, as you suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day:

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