Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

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).