What Does Acts 18:12 Mean in the King James?
And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia, the Jews made insurrection with one accord against Paul, and brought him to the judgment seat,
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
“With one accord” means the crowd gathers its passion into one direction, but shared intensity does not make its judgment true.
THE MEANING
A shared passion can turn many people into one force, carrying accusation toward the seat of judgment. The verse shows that agreement can intensify opposition without proving that opposition is right.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
This undoes the belief that a united crowd must be a truthful crowd.
THE ROOT
ὁμοθυμαδόν
homothymadon
GROWS FROM
ὁμός + θυμός (homos + thymos)
same + passion, impulse, heat
“with one accord” in this verse is homothymadon. The word gathers a group around one shared passion or impulse. English “one accord” can sound like harmony; the Greek names the crowd’s common intensity, leaving open what that intensity serves.
ALSO GROWS
homothymadon: With a shared passion or impulse, moving in a common direction.
ὁμοθυμαδόν
This is the phrase used here: the crowd’s alignment is forceful, but the word itself does not call that force just.
thymos: An inner surge or ardor that can appear as passion or anger.
θυμός
This is the force within the compound: the crowd’s common direction carries the heat of its action against Paul.
THE PATTERN
Collective agreement amplifies its chosen direction, whether it gathers against a witness or toward God.
The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is:Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord,THE THREAD
And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is:Acts 4:24 uses the same Greek word, homothymadon, for people raising one shared voice to God. The root names the force of their unity; its direction determines whether that force becomes accusation or praise.
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