Luke 1:2

Luke 1:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word;
• New International Version (NIV)just as they were handed down to us by those who from the first were eyewitnesses and servants of the word.
• English Standard Version (ESV)just as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word have delivered them to us,
• New King James Version (NKJV)just as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word delivered them to us,

Context of Luke 1:2

1Many have undertaken to compose an account of the things that have been fulfilled among us, just as they were handed down to us by the initial eyewitnesses and servants of the word. 3Therefore, having carefully investigated everything from the beginning, it seemed good also to me to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus, 4so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught.

Luke 1:2 word by word

καθὼς παρέδοσαν ἡμῖν οἱ ἀπ᾽ ἀρχῆς αὐτόπται καὶ ὑπηρέται γενόμενοι τοῦ λόγου,Read the interlinear

• just asκαθώςkathōs · as/just asG2531
• theyὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• were handed downπαραδίδωμιparadidōmi · to deliverG3860
• to usἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• byἀπόapo · away fromG575
• the initialἀρχήarchē · beginningG746
• ·γίνομαιginomai · to beG1096
• eyewitnessesαὐτόπτηςautoptēs · eyewitnessG845
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• servantsὑπηρέτηςhupēretēs · servantG5257
• wordλόγοςlogos · wordG3056

Cross-references for Luke 1:2

• Luke 24:48You are witnesses of these things.
• Mark 1:1This is the beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
• John 15:27And you also must testify, because you have been with Me from the beginning.
• Acts 1:3After His suffering, He presented Himself to them with many convincing proofs that He was alive. He appeared to them over a span of forty days and spoke about the kingdom of God.
• Acts 4:20For we cannot stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.”
• Acts 10:39We are witnesses of all that He did, both in the land of the Jews and in Jerusalem. And although they put Him to death by hanging Him on a tree,
• Hebrews 2:3how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? This salvation was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard Him,
• 1 Peter 5:1As a fellow elder, a witness of Christ’s sufferings, and a partaker of the glory to be revealed, I appeal to the elders among you:
• 1 John 1:1That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our own eyes, which we have gazed upon and touched with our own hands—this is the Word of life.
• Acts 26:16‘But get up and stand on your feet. For I have appeared to you to appoint you as a servant and as a witness of what you have seen from Me and what I will show you.
• Romans 15:16to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the Gentiles might become an offering acceptable to God, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
• Ephesians 3:7I became a servant of this gospel by the gift of God’s grace, given me through the working of His power.
• Ephesians 4:11And it was He who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers,
• Colossians 1:23if indeed you continue in your faith, established and firm, not moved from the hope of the gospel you heard, which has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.

Commentaries on Luke 1:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eye-witnesses - Probably this alludes to the Gospels of Matthew and Mark, which it is likely were written before St. Luke wrote his, and on the models of which he professes to write his own; and ', from the beginning, must mean, from the time that Christ first began to proclaim the glad tidings of the kingdom; and , eye-witnesses, must necessarily signify, those who had been with him from…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2As they delivered them - As they narrated them. As they gave an account of them. From the beginning - From the commencement of these things - that is, from the birth of John, or perhaps from the beginning of the ministry of Jesus. Eye-witnesses - Who had seen those things themselves, and who were therefore proper witnesses. Ministers of the word - The term “word” here means the “gospel.” Luke never uses it, as John does, to denote the second Person of the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-4Luke begins his Gospel with a formal introduction written in the style of skilled Greek writers of his time. These first four verses use a careful and formal style. They are among the best-written Greek in the New Testament.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. from the beginning--that is, of His public ministry, as is plain from what follows.Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 1:2

• Epistles
• Luke
• Minister, Christian
• Word of God

In the dictionaries

• Acts of the Apostles
• Begin
• Certainty
• Conceive
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• Luke, Gospel according to
• Ministration
• Noise
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Commentaries on Luke 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings