“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 Alphæus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James. These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.”
Acts 1:13-14 KJV
Arriving there, they went into a large second-floor room to pray. Those present were Peter, John, Jacob, Andrew, Philip, Thomas, Bartholomew, Matthew, Jacob (the son of Alpheus), Simon (the zealot), Judas (the son of Jacob), and a number of women, including Mary, Jesus’ mother. His brothers were there as well. All of them were united in prayer, gripped with one passion, interceding night and day. This was the upper room of the Last Supper with Jesus. Mark’s Gospel says that after Christ’s ascension the disciples preached; in Luke’s Gospel they praised God; and here in Acts they prayed with one soul. Jesus’s four brothers, Jacob (James), Joses (Joseph), Simon and Jude (Judas), had not believed in Jesus earlier but obviously by now they repented and received the revelation of the resurrected Christ, their own brother, and believed in Him. Let’s believe in the risen Christ. Amen!
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