With one accord] Unanimity and common action distinguish the Christian community in Acts. This characteristic expression (Gk. homothumadon) occurs again Acts 2:46; Acts 4:24; Acts 5:12; Acts 7:57; Acts 8:6; Acts 12:20; Acts 15:25; Acts 18:12; Acts 19:29, and nowhere else in the NT. except in Romans 15:6. In prayer] add (from Luke 24:53) 'and praise.' The women] viz. those which had accompanied Jesus in Galilee, and ministered to Him of their substance. Among them probably were Mary of Magdala, Joanna, and Susanna (Luke 8:2); Mary the mother of James and Joses, and Salome the wife of Zebedee (Mark 15:40); possibly Martha and Mary of Bethany; and almost certainly Mary the mother of Mark (Mark 12:12), who, perhaps, was hostess. Mary the mother of Jesus] The last mention of the Blessed Virgin in the sacred history. Of her subsequent life nothing certain is known. His brethren] see on Matthew 12:46.

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