Charles Ellicott Commentary Acts 2:13

"But others mocking said, They are filled with new wine." — Acts 2:13 (ASV)

These men are full of new wine.—Literally, of sweet drink—the word “wine” itself not being the specific Greek term used—which was stronger and more intoxicating than the lighter, thinner wines usually drunk.

The Greek word was sometimes used, like the Latin mustum, for unfermented grape juice. Here, however, the context shows that wine, in the strict sense of the word, was intended, and the use of the same word in the LXX. of Job 32:19 confirms this meaning.

The word for “new wine” in Matthew 9:17, Mark 2:22, is different, but there also (see Notes) fermentation is implied. These words, as has been said above , point to a certain appearance of excitement in tone, manner, and words.