Luke 1:2
Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word;
Luke 1:2 in other translations
| BSB | just as they were handed down to us by the initial eyewitnesses and servants of the word. |
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| WEB | even as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word delivered them to us, |
| ASV | even as they delivered them unto us, who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word, |
| YLT | as they did deliver to us, who from the beginning became eye-witnesses, and officers of the Word, -- |
| DARBY | as those who from the beginning were eye-witnesses of and attendants on the Word have delivered them to us, |
| BBE | As they were handed down to us by those who saw them from the first and were preachers of the word, |
| Webster | Even as they delivered them to us, who from the beginning were eye-witnesses, and ministers of the word; |
What does Luke 1:2 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 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…
Luke 1:2 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Luke 1:2
- John 15:27
And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.
- Acts 26:16
But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee;
- Hebrews 2:3
How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;
- 2 Peter 1:16
For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
- 1 John 1:1-3
That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life; (For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;) That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.
- Acts 1:21-22
Wherefore of these men which have companied with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us, Beginning from the baptism of John, unto that same day that he was taken up from us, must one be ordained to be a witness with us of his resurrection.
- Acts 1:3
To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God:
- Acts 10:39-41
And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew and hanged on a tree: Him God raised up the third day, and shewed him openly; Not to all the people, but unto witnesses chosen before of God, even to us, who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead.
- Mark 1:1
The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God;
- 1 Peter 5:1
The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:
- Colossians 1:23-25
If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister; Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the church: Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God;
- Luke 24:48
And ye are witnesses of these things.
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Context
- Luke 1:1
Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us,
- Luke 1:2
Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word;
- Luke 1:3
It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus,
Luke 1:2 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Como nos lo enseñaron los que desde el principio lo vieron por sus ojos, y fueron ministros de la palabra; |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | comme nous les ont transmises ceux qui, dès le commencement, ont été les témoins oculaires et les ministres de la parole, |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | so wie es uns die überliefert haben, welche von Anfang an Augenzeugen und Diener des Wortes gewesen sind, |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | sicut tradiderunt nobis, qui ab initio ipsi viderunt, et ministri fuerunt sermonis: |