Bible Strands
Acts 1:14
With one accord they all continued in prayer, along with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brothers.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records the apostles gathered in the upper room following Jesus' ascension, positioned between the resurrection appearances and Peter's address to the hundred and twenty believers. This moment captures the group's posture immediately before the Pentecost event.
The words — The text employs προσκαρτεροῦντες (proskarterountes), literally "steadfastly continuing," and ὁμοθυμαδὸν (homothumadon), literally "with one accord." These terms function as participles describing how the group maintained their collective focus on prayer.
The thread — The narrative links this practice to Acts 2:42, where the early community devotes itself to prayer alongside teaching and fellowship, and Acts 6:4, which assigns prayer as the primary duty of spiritual leaders. The epistolary command in Ephesians 6:18 later extends this posture to all believers, urging persistent prayer in the Spirit.
Why it lands — The passage requires readers to acknowledge that unified, persistent prayer establishes the structural foundation for corporate action. It directs attention to the practical discipline of maintaining collective focus before any subsequent mission or decision.
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The Greek words
King James Version
These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.
Cross-references
- Acts 6:4 and will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.”
- Ephesians 6:18 Pray in the Spirit at all times, with every kind of prayer and petition. To this end, stay alert with all perseverance in your prayers for all the saints.
- Acts 2:42 They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.
- Colossians 4:2 Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful,
- Romans 12:12 Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, persistent in prayer.
- Matthew 18:19 Again, I tell you truly that if two of you on the earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by My Father in heaven.
- Luke 18:1 Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray at all times and not lose heart:
- Matthew 21:22 If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”
- Acts 2:1 When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place.
- Luke 11:13 So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!”