New American Standard Bible 1995

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These all with one mind were continually devoting themselves to prayer, along with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brothers.

Lexicon

Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Greek: Transliteration:
These this DPro-NMP H3778 οὗτοι outoi
all all, every Adj-NMP H3956 πάντες pantes
with one mind with one mind Adv H3661 ὁμοθυμαδὸν omothumadon
Analysis:

One: God

Refers to HaShem (God), Who is One. This number can also refer to unity. The first place the number "one" occurs is in Genesis 1:5. There one reads, "And there was an evening and there was a morning— one day". Later on in this same book of Genesis, it is stated concerning the man and his wife, "And they became one flesh" (Genesis 2:24). It is very significant that in both of these examples there was a multiplicity for the subject. In the first example, the evening and the morning became one day and in the second example, it was Adam and Eve who became one flesh.

One of the most famous passages in the Torah concerning HaShem is Deuteronomy 6:4 which states, "Hear O Israel the Lord your God the Lord is One." The question that a person must ask himself is what is the connection between the use of the Hebrew word אחד "one" which identifies a multiplicity being one and the fact that the Lord God of Israel is One? The answer is that the Hebrew word אחד can relate to the concept for one as in "unification". There is another Hebrew word that would have been possible to be used if the author wanted to refer to an absolute oneness or singleness. This is the Hebrew word יחיד. In fact, there is a well-known prayer in Judaism which states, "אחד ואין יחיד כיחודו". This phrase should be translated as, "(God is) One and there is no singularity as His singularity." The idea that is being expressed in this prayer is that the Lord God of Israel is One; but not an absolute One; rather there is a uniqueness and a complexity to His Oneness.

The number one is frequently employed to express in the Scriptures one object, such as one man or one tabernacle. This usage would be the simple or common purpose that the number one or for that matter any number, would appear in a Biblical text. Often the appearance of a number does not contain any of the significance that Hebrew numerology might offer. Therefore, the reader must always consider when coming across a verse which contains a number, that the number only expresses an amount and no additional significance. 

Because the number one is often associated with God, there is a unique phenomenon in the Scriptures concerning this number. Sometimes the number one is employed to express a unique relationship that the object has to HaShem. For example,

"And it will be one day, it will be known to HaShem..." Zechariah 14:7

In the text above, Zechariah could have stated simply, "And it will be a day…" The fact that the prophet said "one day" is to convey that this day is uniquely related to God. Similarly, it is stated by the prophet Ezekiel in chapter 37, "one King", "one nation" and "one Shepherd" (see Ezekiel 37:22, 24). Each of these objects—King, nation and Shepherd—has a connection to HaShem. The King and Shepherd is Messiah Yeshua, the Son of God and the one nation is Israel, the people of God.

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were continually devoting themselves to attend constantly V-PPA-NMP H4342 προσκαρτεροῦντες proskarterountes
to prayer, prayer N-DFS H4335 προσευχῇ proseuchē
along with, together with (expresses association with) Prep H4862 σὺν sun
with [the] women, a woman N-DFP H1135 γυναιξὶν gunaixin
and Mary Mary, the name of several Christian women N-DFS H3137 Μαριὰμ mariam
the mother mother N-DFS H3384 μητρὶ mētri
of Jesus, Jesus or Joshua, the name of the Messiah, also three other Isr. N-GMS H2424 τοῦ tou
Analysis:
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and with His brothers. a brother N-DMP H80 ἀδελφοῖς adelphois

People

Jesus

Jesus or Joshua, the name of the Messiah, also three other Isr.  

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New American Standard Bible 1995 These all with one mind were continually devoting themselves to prayer, along with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brothers.
King James Bible These all continued with one mind were continually devoting themselves to prayer, along accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brothers.his brethren.
Berean Bible These all All these were steadfastly continuing with one mind were continually devoting themselves to accord in prayer, along with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brothers.
Hebrew Greek English These all with one mind were continually devoting themselves to prayer, along with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brothers.