These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers.
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Cyprian of Carthage
AD 258
And again: "These all continued with one mind in prayer with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brethren.".
Thus also we find that the apostles, with the disciples, prayed after the Lord's ascension: "They all "says the Scripture, "continued with one accord in prayer, with the women, and Mary who was the mother of Jesus, and with His brethren."
For this is a powerful weapon in temptations; and to this they had been trained. Besides, the present temptation directed them to this: for they exceedingly feared the Jews.