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 compile a narrative about the events that have been fulfilled among us, just as the original eyewitnesses and servants of the word handed them down to us. 3So it also seemed good to me, since I have carefully investigated everything from the very first, to write to you in an orderly sequence, most honorable Theophilus, 4so that you may know the certainty of the things about which you have been instructed.

Luke 1:2 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Even asκαθώςkathōs · as/just asG2531
• they deliveredπαραδίδωμιparadidōmi · to deliverG3860
• unto usἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• whichὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• fromἀπόapo · away fromG575
• the beginningἀρχήarchē · beginningG746
• wereγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096
• eyewitnessesαὐτόπτηςautoptēs · eyewitnessG845
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• ministersὑπηρέτηςhupēretēs · servantG5257
• of the wordλόγοςlogos · wordG3056

Cross-references for Luke 1:2

• Luke 24:48You are witnesses of these things.
• Mark 1:1The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
• John 15:27You also will testify, because you have been with me from the beginning.
• Acts 1:3After he had suffered, he also presented himself alive to them by many convincing proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God.
• Acts 4:20for we are unable to stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.”
• Acts 10:39We ourselves are witnesses of everything he did in both the Judean country and in Jerusalem, and yet they killed him by hanging him on a tree.
• Hebrews 2:3how will we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? This salvation had its beginning when it was spoken of by the Lord, and it was confirmed to us by those who heard him.
• 1 Peter 5:1I exhort the elders among you as a fellow elder and witness to the sufferings of Christ, as well as one who shares in the glory about to be revealed:
• 1 John 1:1What was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have observed and have touched with our hands, concerning the word of life —
• Acts 26:16But get up and stand on your feet. For I have appeared to you for this purpose, to appoint you as a servant and a witness of what you have seen and will see of me.
• Romans 15:16to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, serving as a priest of the gospel of God. God’s purpose is that the Gentiles may be an acceptable offering, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
• Ephesians 3:7I was made a servant of this gospel by the gift of God’s grace that was given to me by the working of his power.
• Ephesians 4:11And he himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and teachers,
• Colossians 1:23if indeed you remain grounded and steadfast in the faith and are not shifted away from the hope of the gospel that you heard. This gospel has been proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and I, Paul, have become a servant of it.

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
• Estate
• Luke
• Luke, Gospel according to
• Ministration
• Noise
• Righteousness

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