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 people have written about the things that have happened in our country. Some people were present when these things started to happen. They saw everything that happened and they told us about it. They are the people who wrote down the Good News for us. 3I have checked the facts about what really happened. So now, I know about all the things that happened from the beginning. I am writing to make the facts clear to you, my important friend Theophilus. 4People have already taught you about these things. Now you can be sure that they are true.

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 the people who have seen what has happened here. You must tell other people about it.
• Mark 1:1This is the start of the good news about Jesus Christ. He is the Son of God.
• John 15:27You also must speak to people about me, because you have been with me from the beginning.’
• Acts 1:3After Jesus died on the cross, he became alive again. During the 40 days after that, he showed himself many times to his apostles. He showed himself in different ways. Then they could be really sure that he was alive again. During this time, Jesus spoke to his apostles about the kingdom of God.
• Acts 4:20We know what is right. We must continue to speak about these things. We must tell people about the things that we have seen and heard.’
• Acts 10:39We saw everything that Jesus did in Jerusalem and in all Judea. The leaders in Jerusalem fixed Jesus to a cross and they killed him.
• Hebrews 2:3As for us, God has shown us the way that he will save us from our sins. So we must not forget God's message about his great way to save us. If we do, he will certainly punish us. The Lord Jesus himself first spoke that message about how God would save people. Then the people who heard Jesus told the message to us. That is how we know that it is true.
• 1 Peter 5:1Now I want to say something to you who are leaders of the groups of believers. Like you, I am also a leader. I myself saw how people caused Christ to have great pain so that he died. One day people will see how great he really is. Then I will be among those people who join with him in heaven. So I say this to you who are leaders:
• 1 John 1:1We have an important message to tell you. We want to tell you about the person who was already there before the beginning of the world. We have heard him speak. We have seen him with our own eyes. We watched him and we touched him. He is the Word that gives us life with God.
• Acts 26:16Now you must get up. Stand on your feet. I have chosen you to be my servant. That is why I have appeared to you today. You must tell other people about what you have seen. After that, I will show you other things that you must tell people.
• Romans 15:16I am a servant of Christ Jesus among the Gentiles. I tell people God's good news. I work like a priest so that God will accept the Gentiles. I offer them to God. The Holy Spirit has made them clean and so God accepts them.
• Ephesians 3:7I tell that good news to other people, because God chose me to serve him in that way. That was God's gift to me, because he is so kind. God uses his great power to help me in that work.
• Ephesians 4:11It was Christ who chose to give different gifts to his people. He chose some to be apostles. He chose some to speak messages from God. He chose some to tell God's good news to many people. He chose some to take care of his people, and to teach them.
• Colossians 1:23But you must continue to believe God's true message. Do not turn away from it. Continue to trust God, as you did when you first heard the good news. People have told this good news to everyone all over the world. And God has chosen me, Paul, as his servant to tell this good news.

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

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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