What Does Acts 15:25 Mean in the King James?
It seemed good unto us, being assembled with one accord, to send chosen men unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,
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
The “accord” that sends the message is literally shared passion: unity becomes a collective choice.
THE MEANING
Here, shared passion gathers discernment into a choice and sends it outward through trusted companions. The message reaches you through both common purpose and beloved relationship.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
This undoes the idea that unity is only private agreement; here it becomes a shared decision and a message sent outward.
THE ROOT
ὁμοθυμαδόν
homothymadon
GROWS FROM
ὁμός + θυμός (homos + thymos)
same + heat, passion; together, one passion
“one accord” in this verse is homothymadon. The Greek word joins “same” with “passion,” so accord carries the sense of a shared inner drive, not just agreement in thought. The verse shows that shared passion taking form as a choice and a sending.
ALSO GROWS
thymos: heat, passion, anger
θυμός
This root carries the inner heat within “one accord,” revealing the intensity beneath the group’s common purpose.
epithymia: desire, longing
ἐπιθυμία
The same thymos element appears in desire; here, passion is shared and directed into choosing and sending.
THE PATTERN
When people share a common purpose, unity becomes visible in how they gather, choose, and act together.
These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.And not that only, but who was also chosen of the churches to travel with us with this grace, which is administered by us to the glory of the same Lord, and declaration of your ready mind:A Song of degrees of David. Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!THE THREAD
These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.The same Greek word for “one accord” appears here, describing people continuing together in prayer. In Acts 15:25, that shared passion takes the form of a choice and a sending.
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