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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
"But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them." In a former place you saw his provident forethought, here you see his manly courage. For if they were astonished and amazed, was it not as wonderful that he should be able in the midst of such a multitude to find language, he, an unlettered and ignorant man? If a man is troubled when he speaks among friends, much more might he be troubled among enemies and bloodthirsty men. …
Theophylact of Ohrid
Above you saw providence; here observe courage, because if all the listeners were amazed, then was it not equally amazing that a simple and unlearned man raised his voice amid such a multitude, despite the fact that there were both slanderers and those capable of killing? Is this not beyond human strength? But look: immediately upon raising his voice, he (that is, Peter) exposes the deception, proving that they are not drunk. But neither are they in a frenzy. What then is happening with him and the eleven? …
Oecumenius
In the foregoing passages indeed Peter shows concern, when he allows the multitude the choice of him who was to be appointed with the eleven; here, however, openness. And he does this not having friendly listeners, but mocking and scoffing and shouting: moreover he himself was unlearned and uneducated. How then would what was done not be for a man? that is, to utter a voice. …
Western Saints
Cassiodorus
"But Peter standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and spoke to them," etc. But blessed Peter, standing up with the eleven apostles, spoke with a loud voice, saying that, seeing it was but the third hour of the day, they were not, as some thought, drunk with must, but rather filled with the honor of the Holy Ghost. He also supported this claim with a quote from the prophet Joel, so as to declare to them that the knowledge exhibited by the disciples was not to be ascribed to intoxication but truly to divine mercy. …
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