Luke 1:2 Parallel Translations
NASB: just as they were handed down to us by those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word, (NASB ©1995)
GWT: 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.(GOD'S WORD®)
KJV: Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word;
ASV: even as they delivered them unto us, who from the beginning wer eyewitnesses and ministers of the word,
BBE: As they were handed down to us by those who saw them from the first and were preachers of the word,
DBY: as those who from the beginning were eye-witnesses of and attendants on the Word have delivered them to us,
ERV: even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word,
WEY: on the authority of those who were from the beginning eye-witnesses and were devoted to the service of the divine Message,
WBS: Even as they delivered them to us, who from the beginning were eye-witnesses, and ministers of the word;
WEB: even as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word delivered them to us,
YLT: as they did deliver to us, who from the beginning became eye-witnesses, and officers of the Word, --
Luke 1:2 Cross References
XREF: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)
Commentaries and Concordances
GSB: 1:2 {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.
WES: 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.
MHC: 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.
CONC:Attendants Authority Beginning Deliver Delivered Devoted Divine Eyewitnesses Eye-witnesses Handed Message Ministers Officers Preachers Servants Service Wer
PREV:Attendants Authority Beginning Deliver Delivered Devoted Divine Eyewitnesses Eye-Witnesses First Handed Message Ministers Officers Preachers Servants Service Word
NEXT:Attendants Authority Beginning Deliver Delivered Devoted Divine Eyewitnesses Eye-Witnesses First Handed Message Ministers Officers Preachers Servants Service Word
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