Acts 1:14

Acts 1:14

The Upper Room Prayer Meeting

12 ^aThen they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day’s journey.

13 And when they had entered, they went up ^ainto the upper room where they were staying: ^bPeter, James, John, and Andrew; Philip and Thomas; Bartholomew and Matthew; James the son of Alphaeus and ^cSimon the Zealot; and ^dJudas the son of James.

14 ^aThese all continued with one¹ accord in prayer and supplication, with ^bthe women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with ^cHis brothers.

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15 And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the¹ disciples (altogether the number ^aof names was about a hundred and twenty), and said,

16 “Men and brethren, this Scripture had to be fulfilled, ^awhich the Holy Spirit spoke before by the mouth of David concerning Judas, ^bwho became a guide to those who arrested Jesus;

17 for ^ahe was numbered with us and obtained a part in ^bthis ministry.”

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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continued with one accord—knit by a bond stronger than death.

in prayer and supplication—for the promised baptism, the need of which in their orphan state would be increasingly felt.

and Mary the mother of Jesus—distinguished from the other "women," but "so as to exclude the idea of her having any pre-eminence over the disciples. We find her with the rest in prayer to her glorified Son" [WEBSTER and WILKINSON]. This is the last mention of her in the New Testament. The fable of the Assumption of the Virgin has no foundation even in tradition [ALFORD].

with his brethren—(See on John 7:3).

Acts 1:12-14

RETURN OF THE ELEVEN TO JERUSALEM—PROCEEDINGS IN THE UPPER ROOM TILL PENTECOST. (Acts 1:12-26)

a sabbath day's journey—about two thousand cubits.

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