Book of acts one accord

Again, luke notes that they were unified perfectly. The concept of being in one accord is expressed frequently in the bible, with ten instances in the book of acts. Acts 1 all these with one accord were devoting themselves to praye. 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 women and mary the mother of. With one accord they all continued in prayer, along with the women and mary the mother of jesus, and with his brothers. Acts is not a book of teaching but a book of practice. This teaching included an exhortation to take care of the local believers, the flock that god had given these leaders to shepherd. There is a greek word homothumadon that pretty much only shows up in the book of acts 11 of 12 nt uses. Christian standard bible when the day of pentecost had arrived, they. Five times in the first five chapters of acts, scripture records that the disciples were in one accord. For unclean spirits, crying with a loud voice, came out of many who were possessed.

In the gospel of john, the lord stresses the oneness, but in the book of acts, he stresses the one accord. This chapter functions as a transition from the former account that is, gospel of luke with a narrative prelude verses 15, repeated record of. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. A unique greek word, used 10 of its 12 new testament occurrences inthe book of acts, helps us understand the uniqueness of the christiancommunity. Midland baptist church sermon pastor keith acts chapter 2 one accord. The legends of some apocryphal books represent her as staying at.

On the day of pentecost all the believers were meeting together in one place. With one accord definition of with one accord by merriam. And in the day of the pentecost being fulfilled, they were all with one accord at. The book of acts is a key historical record of what the early church believed and practiced. When the fiftieth day was come, they were all with one accord together in one. The book containing this chapter is anonymous but early christian tradition affirmed that luke composed this book as well as the gospel of luke. The word is a compound from homos meaning same or together, and thumos meaning passion, anger, fierceness, wrath, indignation, heat, or glow.

Its initial chapters describe the churchs founding and early years. And when the day of pentecost was fully come, they. Acts 9 tells the story of the dramatic conversion of the man formerly known as saul, the persecutor. There is one final use of the greek word ekklesia in the book of acts. 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 with one accord or with one mind is a translation of the greek word. And from miletus he sent to ephesus, and called the elders of the church.

Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Paul places this in the very forefront of that gospel which, as it. 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 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 beautiful, amazing, powerful, weak, dysfunctional church a chapterbychapter bible study of the book of acts 5 first ten years.

On the night before his crucifixion, jesus prayed for the apostles and for all future disciples, that they would be united john 17. Acts 2 kjv and when the day of pentecost was fully. 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. In this topic we briefly survey the book of acts and observe the ministries of women. 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. Strongs exhaustive concordance of the bible, numbered to the hebrew, chaldee, and greek, and english, coded to the strongs concordance numbers. They devoted themselves to the apostles teaching and to the fellowship, to the. The phrase with one purpose occurs 10x in acts and only one other time in the rest of the new testament. The first mention of gods feasts in the book of acts is found in acts 2. The book of acts niv audio holy bible high quality and best speed.

Homothumadon is a compound of two words meaning to rushalong and in unison. A unique greek word, used 10 of its 12 new testament occurrences in the book of acts, helps us understand the. In each instance the greek word homothumadon is used. In his excellent treatise with one accord, author joe conti gives the reasons why. 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 record from the book of acts couldnt be clearer. 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. 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.

Acts 1 is the first chapter of the acts of the apostles in the new testament of the christian bible. In the book of acts it is said that they were of one accord or of one mind acts 1. 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. 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. All these with one accord were devoting themselves to prayer, together with the. I encourage you to go on this adventure filled with danger, action, and suspense mixed with. And when the day of pentecost was come, they were all with one accord in one place.

The acts of the apostles paperback february 7, 2012 by joseph b. Mary and the other women shared in the community life with the original disciples and ministered to each other in. He is mild mannered, but willing to take risk to do the right thing. 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 phrase in one accord appears often in the book of acts. Now we need to see the practice of the oneness, which is with one accord acts 1. These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and mary the mother of jesus, and with his brethren. You find it at least six times in the book of the acts. Acts 2 kjv and when the day of pentecost was fully bible gateway. And the multitudes with one accord heeded the things spoken by philip, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did.

But he did not start off as a hero to the church of god, but rather a villain. On one accord is a murder mystery in which the main character, tony jennings, honors god in all that he does. And when the day of pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. For from many of those that had unclean spirits, they came out, crying with a loud voice. Blue letter bible gives a beautiful description of the use of this word here. These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and mary the mother of jesus, and with his brothers. We read, the men all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women.

One accord sunday sermons fifth street church of christ. 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. Everything you are and think and do is permeated with oneness. I want to briefly look at what the early church was doing that kept their unity. The early church had great power from god in large part because of their unity. All these with one accord were devoting themselves to prayer, together with the women and mary the mother of jesus, and his brothers. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. 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. When pentecost, the fiftieth day after passover, came, all the believers. Acts shows what the early church believed and practiced. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing. Here we see they were in one accord both publicly in the temple area and from house to house. A major figure in the book of acts and the new testament is the apostle paul.