What Does Acts 1:14 Mean in the King James?
These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
“One accord” carries the sense of a shared inward passion, so this gathering is more than people agreeing: distinct people are drawn into one movement of prayer.
THE MEANING
Prayer here is sustained together: distinct people gather their attention and their requests in one direction. The women, Mary, and Jesus’ brothers are named within that shared life.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
This undoes the idea that prayer belongs only to isolated individuals: here it is a shared practice that holds people together.
THE ROOT
ὁμοθυμαδόν
homothymadon
GROWS FROM
θύμος
Inner impulse, ardor, or heat.
The compound joins ὁμός (homos, “same”) with θυμός (thymos, “inner impulse or ardor”): “one accord” carries a shared inward movement, more than matching opinions. Related words can describe cheerfulness and eagerness, so this common impulse is felt and willing.
ALSO GROWS
euthymos: Of good cheer, encouraged.
εὔθυμος
The shared root can describe a lifted inner state, showing that this accord has felt energy, not just intellectual agreement.
prothymia: Readiness, eagerness.
προθυμία
The same root can describe willing readiness, illuminating how a shared inward impulse can become active participation.
THE PATTERN
A shared inward focus gathers distinct people into sustained devotion and a common voice.
A Song of degrees of David. Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.THE THREAD
That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.The Greek phrase translated “with one mind” uses the same word, ὁμοθυμαδόν (homothymadon), as “with one accord” here. In Acts, the shared impulse gathers people in prayer; in Romans, it becomes one common voice.
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