What Does Acts 2:1 Mean in the King James?
And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
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
Pentecost opens with people sharing more than a place: they hold one shared impulse.
THE MEANING
A decisive beginning takes shape as people gather in one place with a shared purpose. Their togetherness reaches beyond proximity into a common inward movement.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
The verse dissolves the assumption that sharing a room automatically means sharing a purpose: it names their accord and their shared place separately.
THE ROOT
ὁμοθυμαδόν
homothymadon
GROWS FROM
ὁμός (homos) + θυμός (thymos)
ὁμός means same; θυμός means passion, impulse, or anger. Together they convey unanimity, people moved with one impulse.
“with one accord” in this verse is homothymadon. “Accord” can sound like settled agreement; this compound carries the image of people moving from a shared inner drive. It names what many people hold in common without making them one person.
ALSO GROWS
thymos: passion, impulse, or anger
θυμός
Its range shows the force beneath the word: accord here describes a shared inward movement, not merely quiet coexistence.
epithymia: desire or longing
ἐπιθυμία
This related word carries the same thymos element, revealing the root’s connection to an inward impulse that moves a person toward something.
THE PATTERN
A shared purpose turns mere gathering into a common life and action.
A Song of degrees of David. Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.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.Acts 1:14 uses the same Greek word, ὁμοθυμαδόν (homothymadon), for their shared accord. The word links their common impulse with the shared practice that gives it form.
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