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Allπάντεςtheseοὗτοιwereἦσανdevoting themselvesπροσκαρτεροῦντεςwith one mindὁμοθυμαδὸνto prayer,τῇ προσευχῇtogether withσὺνthe womenγυναιξὶνandκαὶMaryΜαριὰμthe motherτῇ μητρὶof Jesus,τοῦ Ἰησοῦandκαὶwithσὺνhisαὐτοῦbrothers.τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς
Acts 1:14
Study it in the app“All these were devoting themselves with one mind to prayer, together with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers.”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 1:14, word by word
- wereἦσανēsan
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “ēsan” appears- devoting themselvesπροσκαρτεροῦντεςproskarterountes
persevere
To keep at something day after day, without giving it up.
Where else “proskarterountes” appears- with one mindὁμοθυμαδὸνhomothymadon
with one accord
With one accord, all with the same mind; also together.
Where else “homothymadon” appears- to prayerπροσευχῇproseuchēi
prayer
Talking with God, asking him.
Where else “proseuchēi” appears- together withσὺνsyn
with
With, together with.
Where else “syn” appears- the womenγυναιξὶνgynaixin
woman
An adult female person; when addressing her, a respectful form.
Where else “gynaixin” appears- MaryΜαριὰμMariam
Mary
Mary, the name of several women in the New Testament: Mary the mother of Jesus, Mary Magdalene, Mary the sister of Martha and Lazarus, Mary the mother of James and Joses, and others.
Where else “Mariam” appears- the motherμητρὶmētri
mother
The woman who gives birth to a child and raises it.
Where else “mētri” appears- of JesusἸησοῦIēsou
Jesus
Jesus, the Greek form of the Hebrew Yehoshua (Joshua), which means "YHWH saves". It is the name the angel told Joseph to give him (Matthew 1:21).
Where else “Iēsou” appears- brothersἀδελφοῖςadelphois
brother
A man born of the same parents as another, or of the same family.
Where else “adelphois” appears
The context
13And when they had entered, they went up to the upper room where they were staying: Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James son of Alphaeus, and Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James.
14 · This verse (above)
15And in these days Peter stood up in the midst of the brothers and said (and there was a crowd of persons gathered together, about a hundred and twenty):
To study Acts 1 in a group
1. What it says
What does Jesus tell the apostles they will receive, and what will they be, before he is taken up? (v. 8)
2. What it means
Why do you think Jesus does not answer their question about the timing and speaks instead of being witnesses? (vv. 6-8)
3. How I live it
The disciples waited together in prayer (v. 14). What helps you hold steady when you wait for something and do not know when it will come?