Acts 1:14 (KJV)

Passage

These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.

Nearby Context

Acts 1:12 Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day’s journey.

Acts 1:13 And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James.

Acts 1:14 These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.

Acts 1:15 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,)

Acts 1:16 Men and brethren, this scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake before concerning Judas, which was guide to them that took Jesus.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "continued", "accord", "prayer", "supplication", "women", "mary", "mother", and "jesus". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "continued" and "accord", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "And when they were come in they..." into verse 15's "And in those days Peter stood up...", so "continued" and "accord" belong inside that flow. In Acts context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "continued" and "accord" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.