Luke 1:2
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New International Version (©1984)
just as they were handed down to us by those who from the first were eyewitnesses and servants of the word.

New Living Translation (©2007)
They used the eyewitness reports circulating among us from the early disciples.

English Standard Version (©2001)
just as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word have delivered them to us,

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
just as they were handed down to us by those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word,

International Standard Version (©2008)
just as they were passed down to us by those who had been eyewitnesses and servants of the word from the beginning,

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
They received their information from those who had been eyewitnesses and servants of God's word from the beginning, and they passed it on to us.

King James Bible
Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word;

American King James Version
Even as they delivered them to us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word;

American Standard Version
even as they delivered them unto us, who from the beginning wer eyewitnesses and ministers of the word,

Bible in Basic English
As they were handed down to us by those who saw them from the first and were preachers of the word,

Douay-Rheims Bible
According as they have delivered them unto us, who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word:

Darby Bible Translation
as those who from the beginning were eye-witnesses of and attendants on the Word have delivered them to us,

English Revised Version
even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word,

Webster's Bible Translation
Even as they delivered them to us, who from the beginning were eye-witnesses, and ministers of the word;

Weymouth New Testament
on the authority of those who were from the beginning eye-witnesses and were devoted to the service of the divine Message,

World English Bible
even as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word delivered them to us,

Young's Literal Translation
as they did deliver to us, who from the beginning became eye-witnesses, and officers of the Word, --

Geneva Study Bible

{b} Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word;

(b) Luke was not any eye witness, and therefore it was not he to whom the Lord appeared when Cleopas saw him: and he was taught not only by Paul, but by others of the apostles also.

Wesley's Notes

1:1-2 This short, weighty, artless, candid dedication, belongs to the Acts, as well as the Gospel of St. Luke. Many have undertaken - He does not mean St. Matthew or Mark; and St. John did not write so early. For these were eye witnesses themselves and ministers of the word.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

2. from the beginning-that is, of His public ministry, as is plain from what follows.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

1:1-4. Luke will not write of things about which Christians may safely differ from one another, and hesitate within themselves; but the things which are, and ought to be surely believed. The doctrine of Christ is what the wisest and best of men have ventured their souls upon with confidence and satisfaction. And the great events whereon our hopes depend, have been recorded by those who were from the beginning eye-witnesses and ministers of the word, and who were perfected in their understanding of them through Divine inspiration.


Mark 4:14 "The sower sows the word.
Mark 16:20 And they went out and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them, and confirmed the word by the signs that followed. And they promptly reported all these instructions to Peter and his companions. And after that, Jesus Himself sent out through them from east to west the sacred and imperishable proclamation of eternal salvation.
John 15:27 and you will testify also, because you have been with Me from the beginning.
Acts 1:21 "Therefore it is necessary that of the men who have accompanied us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us--
Acts 8:4 Therefore, those who had been scattered went about preaching the word.
Acts 14:25 When they had spoken the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia.
Acts 16:6 They passed through the Phrygian and Galatian region, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia;
Acts 17:11 Now these were more noble-minded than those in Thessalonica, for they received the word with great eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so.
Acts 26:16 'But get up and stand on your feet; for this purpose I have appeared to you, to appoint you a minister and a witness not only to the things which you have seen, but also to the things in which I will appear to you;
1 Corinthians 4:1 Let a man regard us in this manner, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.
Hebrews 2:3 how will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation? After it was at the first spoken through the Lord, it was confirmed to us by those who heard,
2 Peter 1:16 For we did not follow cleverly devised tales when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of His majesty.
1 John 1:1 What was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have looked at and touched with our hands, concerning the Word of Life-- (NASB ©1995)

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Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word;

which. 24:48 Mr 1:1 Joh 15:27 Ac 1:3,8,21,22 4:20 10:39-41 Heb 2:3 1Pe 5:1 1Jo 1:1-3

and. Ac 26:16 Ro 15:16 Eph 3:7,8 4:11,12 Col 1:23-25

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