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 set out to write accounts about the events that have been fulfilled among us. They used the eyewitness reports circulating among us from the early disciples. 3Having carefully investigated everything from the beginning, I also have decided to write an accurate account for you, most honorable Theophilus, 4so you can be certain of the truth of everything you were taught.

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 all these things.
• Mark 1:1This is the Good News about Jesus the Messiah, the Son of God. It began
• John 15:27And you must also testify about me because you have been with me from the beginning of my ministry.
• Acts 1:3During the forty days after he suffered and died, he appeared to the apostles from time to time, and he proved to them in many ways that he was actually alive. And he talked to them about the Kingdom of God.
• Acts 4:20We cannot stop telling about everything we have seen and heard.”
• Acts 10:39“And we apostles are witnesses of all he did throughout Judea and in Jerusalem. They put him to death by hanging him on a cross,
• Hebrews 2:3So what makes us think we can escape if we ignore this great salvation that was first announced by the Lord Jesus himself and then delivered to us by those who heard him speak?
• 1 Peter 5:1And now, a word to you who are elders in the churches. I, too, am an elder and a witness to the sufferings of Christ. And I, too, will share in his glory when he is revealed to the whole world. As a fellow elder, I appeal to you:
• 1 John 1:1We proclaim to you the one who existed from the beginning, whom we have heard and seen. We saw him with our own eyes and touched him with our own hands. He is the Word of life.
• Acts 26:16Now get to your feet! For I have appeared to you to appoint you as my servant and witness. Tell people that you have seen me, and tell them what I will show you in the future.
• Romans 15:16I am a special messenger from Christ Jesus to you Gentiles. I bring you the Good News so that I might present you as an acceptable offering to God, made holy by the Holy Spirit.
• Ephesians 3:7By God’s grace and mighty power, I have been given the privilege of serving him by spreading this Good News.
• Ephesians 4:11Now these are the gifts Christ gave to the church: the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, and the pastors and teachers.
• Colossians 1:23But you must continue to believe this truth and stand firmly in it. Don’t drift away from the assurance you received when you heard the Good News. The Good News has been preached all over the world, and I, Paul, have been appointed as God’s servant to proclaim 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