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continued with one accord - knit by a bond stronger than death.
in prayer and supplication - for the promised baptism, the need of which in their orphan state would be increasingly felt.
and Mary the mother of Jesus - distinguished from the other “women,” but “so as to exclude the idea of her having any pre-eminence over the disciples. We find her with the rest in prayer to her glorified Son” [Webster and Wilkinson]. This is the last mention of her in the New Testament. The fable of the Assumption of the Virgin has no foundation even in tradition [Alford].
with his brethren - (See on Joh 7:3).