Clearly luke draws attention also to the way the holy spirit promoted the unity of the body in the book of acts by repeatedly using the greek. And when the day of pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. The phrase with one purpose occurs 10x in acts and only one other time in the rest of the new testament. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing.
The acts of the apostles paperback february 7, 2012 by joseph b. He is mild mannered, but willing to take risk to do the right thing. The record from the book of acts couldnt be clearer. Christian standard bible when the day of pentecost had arrived, they. For example, all these with one accord were devoting themselves to prayer, together with the women and mary the mother of jesus, and his brothers acts 1. When the day of pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
But he did not start off as a hero to the church of god, but rather a villain. In the studying i did in preparation for this sermon, the best comment that i came across in regard to one accord came from adam clarke. Strongs exhaustive concordance of the bible, numbered to the hebrew, chaldee, and greek, and english, coded to the strongs concordance numbers. When pentecost, the fiftieth day after passover, came, all the believers.
A major figure in the book of acts and the new testament is the apostle paul. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. Now we need to see the practice of the oneness, which is with one accord acts 1. The books of reference used for this study of the book of acts were the bible, king james version, called the companion bible, publisher kregel. Definition with one mind, with one accord, with one passion a unique greek word, used 10 of its 12 new testament occurrences inthe book of acts, helps us understand the uniqueness of the christiancommunity. And in those days peter stood up in the midst of the disciples, and said, the number of names together were about an hundred and twenty, 16. Acts 2 kjv and when the day of pentecost was fully.
I encourage you to go on this adventure filled with danger, action, and suspense mixed with. We read, the men all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women. The phrase with one accord or with one mind is a translation of the greek word. The early church had great power from god in large part because of their unity. On the day of pentecost all the believers were meeting together in one place.
One accord sunday sermons fifth street church of christ. Acts 1 is the first chapter of the acts of the apostles in the new testament of the christian bible. I want to briefly look at what the early church was doing that kept their unity. The book of acts is a key historical record of what the early church believed and practiced. Acts 9 tells the story of the dramatic conversion of the man formerly known as saul, the persecutor. On one accord is a murder mystery in which the main character, tony jennings, honors god in all that he does. This chapter functions as a transition from the former account that is, gospel of luke with a narrative prelude verses 15, repeated record of.
This teaching included an exhortation to take care of the local believers, the flock that god had given these leaders to shepherd. Five times in the first five chapters of acts, scripture records that the disciples were in one accord. These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and mary the mother of jesus, and with his brothers. Midland baptist church sermon pastor keith acts chapter 2 one accord. In the gospel of john, the lord stresses the oneness, but in the book of acts, he stresses the one accord. It is a high privilege god hath given us to share this evening hour of praise and preaching with you who are listening on krld radio and on the radio of our bible institute, kcbi. The concept of being in one accord is expressed frequently in the bible, with ten instances in the book of acts. Homothumadon is a compound of two words meaning to rushalong and in unison. The crowds with one accord were giving attention to what was said by philip, as they heard and saw the signs which he was performing. Again, luke notes that they were unified perfectly.
You find it at least six times in the book of the acts. Fellowship and community and they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart, acts 2. The legends of some apocryphal books represent her as staying at. When the fiftieth day was come, they were all with one accord together in one. The word is a compound from homos meaning same or together, and thumos meaning passion, anger, fierceness, wrath, indignation, heat, or glow. Acts shows what the early church believed and practiced. With one accord definition of with one accord by merriam.
The book containing this chapter is anonymous but early christian tradition affirmed that luke composed this book as well as the gospel of luke. For unclean spirits, crying with a loud voice, came out of many who were possessed. I think it is significant that the phrase with one accord appears several times in the book of acts, where we read about what jesus christs followers did immediately after he ascended to. A unique greek word, used 10 of its 12 new testament occurrences inthe book of acts, helps us understand the uniqueness of the christiancommunity. And in the day of the pentecost being fulfilled, they were all with one accord at. The phrase one accord here is from the greek homothumadon, which means with one mind, with unanimous consent, in one accord, all together according to the complete word study dictionary new testament. And when the day of pentecost was fully come, they. All these with one accord were devoting themselves to prayer, together with the women and mary the mother of. Blue letter bible gives a beautiful description of the use of this word here. Acts is not a book of teaching but a book of practice. So the disciples were characterized by their devotion to prayer for a particular request. All these with one accord were devoting themselves to prayer, together with the. With one accord they all continued in prayer, along with the women and mary the mother of jesus, and with his brothers. The beautiful, amazing, powerful, weak, dysfunctional church a chapterbychapter bible study of the book of acts 5 first ten years.
Everything you are and think and do is permeated with oneness. Ministered to the lord as the early church came together you see one set of words that run throughout the book of acts and that is one accord we today need to walk this way and see the power of god in our churches. And the multitudes with one accord heeded the things spoken by philip, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did. There is one final use of the greek word ekklesia in the book of acts. And from miletus he sent to ephesus, and called the elders of the church. Pentecost is antibabel, and prayer beats that building project a megachurch has nothing to do with architecture or numbers the apostles could not leave jerusalem, for our faith is arielcentric one accord will bring salvation or bring the sure judgment of god journey with us through this book of transitions, as we tackle the themes of denominations, the gifts, and the call of paul. Acts 1 all these with one accord were devoting themselves to praye. Comment note that the textus receptus uses homothumadon the greek manuscripts used for nas, esv, niv, etc, have homou meaning simply together in place of homothumadon of the textus receptus. The phrase in one accord appears often in the book of acts. Its initial chapters describe the churchs founding and early years.
All these with one accord were devoting themselves to prayer, together with the women and mary the mother of jesus, and his brothers. These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and mary the mother of jesus, and with his brethren. Mary and the other women shared in the community life with the original disciples and ministered to each other in. They devoted themselves to the apostles teaching and to the fellowship, to the. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. In his excellent treatise with one accord, author joe conti gives the reasons why.
In the book of acts it is said that they were of one accord or of one mind acts 1. For from many of those that had unclean spirits, they came out, crying with a loud voice. The book of acts niv audio holy bible high quality and best speed. In each instance the greek word homothumadon is used. Paul places this in the very forefront of that gospel which, as it. You have one master, one faith, one baptism, one god and father of all, who rules over all, works through all, and is present in all. There is a greek word homothumadon that pretty much only shows up in the book of acts 11 of 12 nt uses. And the multitudes gave heed with one accord unto the things that were spoken by philip, when they heard, and saw the signs which he did. The first mention of gods feasts in the book of acts is found in acts 2. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. One of the characteristics of early christians was the unity that so often prevailed among them. Acts 2 kjv and when the day of pentecost was fully bible gateway.