Acts 1:14 (DRB)

Passage

All these were persevering with one mind in prayer with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.

Nearby Context

Acts 1:12 Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount that is called Olivet, which is nigh Jerusalem, within a sabbath day's journey.

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

Acts 1:14 All these were persevering with one mind in prayer with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.

Acts 1:15 In those days Peter rising up in the midst of the brethren, said (now the number of persons together was about an hundred and twenty):

Acts 1:16 Men, brethren, the scripture must needs be fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost spoke before by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who was the leader of them that apprehended Jesus:

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "persevering", "mind", "prayer", "women", "mary", "mother", "jesus", and "brethren". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "persevering" and "mind", 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 "In those days Peter rising up in...", so "persevering" and "mind" 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 "persevering" and "mind" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.