United in Prayer

12 Then they returned to Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, which is near Jerusalem—a Sabbath day’s journey away. 13 When they arrived, they went to the room(A) upstairs where they were staying: Peter, John, James, Andrew, Philip, Thomas, Bartholomew, Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas the son of James.(B) 14 They all were continually united(C) in prayer,[a] along with the women, including Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. 1:14 Other mss add and petition

A New Apostle Takes the Place of Judas

12 Then they returned to Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives,[a] which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day’s journey away.[b] 13 When they came into the city, these men[c] went to the upstairs room where they had been staying: Peter and John, James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot, and Judas the son[d] of James. 14 With one mind, all of them kept devoting themselves to prayer, along with the women (including Mary the mother of Jesus) and his brothers.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 1:12 Lit. from the mountain called Olives
  2. Acts 1:12 I.e. about a half mile away
  3. Acts 1:13 The Gk. lacks men
  4. Acts 1:13 Or brother