Topic
Agree
9 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Matthew 18:19ISBE
Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.
- Matthew 18:20ISBE
For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
- Matthew 20:2ISBE
And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
- Mark 14:56ISBE
For many bare false witness against him, but their witness agreed not together.
- Luke 5:36ISBE
¶ And he spake also a parable unto them; No man putteth a piece of a new garment upon an old; if otherwise, then both the new maketh a rent, and the piece that was taken out of the new agreeth not with the old.
- John 9:22ISBE
These words spake his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.
- Acts 5:9ISBE
Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them which have buried thy husband are at the door, and shall carry thee out.
- Acts 15:15ISBE
And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written,
- 1 John 5:8ISBE
And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 10 references
a-gre' (sumphoneo, "to be of the same mind," "to come to a mutual understanding"): This is the sense of the word in Mt 20:2; Joh 9:22, and other passages. In Mr 14:56 the word is isos and has the thought not only that their words did not agree, but also that the testimony was not in agreement with or equal to what the law required in such a case. The thought of being equal occurs also in 1Joh 5:8.
The figurative use of the word in Mt 18:19 makes it of special interest. The word there is sumphoneo, from which comes our word symphony, meaning a harmonious blending. This agreement therefore is complete. Three persons are introduced: two human beings and the Father. They are in perfect agreement on the subject or purpose under consideration. It is therefore an inward unity produced by the Holy Spirit leading the two into such an agreement with the Father. There will follow then, as a matter of course, what is promised in Mt 18:19,20. In Ac 5:9 it sets forth the justice of Peter in dealing in the same manner in both cases. Ananias and Sapphira were in perfect agreement and equally guilty (Lu 5:36; Ac 15:15).
Jacob W. Kapp
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.