Oblio said:
It wasn't actually a new thing (c.f. the Prophets), but for a body of believers (i.e. the Church) to be communally filled with the Holy Spirit was new, it was this filling that allows the Church as a whole to guide Christians in matters of faith and praxis.
That being said, they were mocking the members of the Church by saying that they were drunk, which would be impossible on unfermented juice, hence it was oinos, wine, just as we find it today from the markets of the USA to the monasteries of Mt. Athos Greece.
Certainly i don't see them as being actually drunk. The accusation of the mockers would suggest that there was an element of excitement in the manner and tone of the disciples. It would have been strange, indeed, if they [disciples]had spoken in an altogether calm, or casual, manner. The great power of God was upon them, and their theme one of vast import. Bear in mind that Christ was always followed by people who opposed Him to wait for a chance to accuse Him. The Jews had attributed some of our Lords miracles to the power of the chief of devils (Luke 11:15), and Festus pronounced Paul mad (Acts 26:24). The priests had mocked Christ on the cross (Matt. 27:4143), and were capable of instigating base rumors to account for this miracle of tongues lest it weaken their priestly hold on the people. So when they mocked the disciples, they were trying to induce more negativism than presenting factual accounts.
When you ask yourself WWJD, who is answering ? How can you be sure ??
With regards to alcoholic drinks, we can look at John 2 for an illustration. It was a wedding in Cana of Galilee and Jesus was there. Earlier on in Scripture it says :
"Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceivedthereby is not wise." Prov. 20:1.
"They also have erred through wine . . . they err in vision, they
stumble in judgment." Isa. 28:7.
"Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness.
Rom." 13:13.
Back to that wedding, Jesus requested water to be turned to wine. Now you can grab out your Hebrew and Greek to study what kind of wine was John 2 referring to but i wouldn't need to do that. Just logical thinking can give you the answer. WWJD??? Certainly the wine wasn't strong drink or alcoholic drink. Why? Because this appararantly was a grand marriage and would have alot of people coming to it. Jesus knew the Scriptures and definitely would not want any slight chance that the people would get drunk. He had to be sure that He wasn't a stumbling block to anyone by changing it to alcoholic drink. So my conclusion is, i don't know exactly what wine it was, but certainly it wasn't alcoholic that would make anyone drunk.