Luke 1:2

Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word;

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Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
as	καθὼς kathōs	G2531	just (or inasmuch) as · conjunction
delivered	παρέδοσαν paredosan	G3860	to surrender · verb — second aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural
us	ἡμῖν hēmîn	G2254	to (or for
which	οἱ hoi	G3588	the (sometimes to be supplied · article — nominative plural masculine
from	ἀπ᾽ ap᾽	G575	"off · preposition
beginning	ἀρχῆς archēs	G746	(properly abstract) a commencement · noun — genitive singular feminine
were	γενόμενοι genomenoi	G1096	to cause to be ("gen"-erate) · verb — second aorist middle deponent participle, nominative plural masculine
eyewitnesses	αὐτόπται autoptai	G845	self-seeing · noun — nominative plural masculine
and	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
ministers	ὑπηρέται hupēretai	G5257	an under-oarsman · noun — nominative plural masculine
word	λόγου, logou	G3056	something said (including the thought) · noun — genitive singular masculine

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Cross-references

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 thing…
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…
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 eyewi…
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 hand…
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…
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,
Mark 1:1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God;

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Luke 1:1-4

Complimental prefaces and dedications, the language of flattery and the food and fuel of pride, are justly condemned by the wise and good; but it doth not therefore follow, that such as are useful and instructive are to be run down; such is this, in which St. Luke dedicates his gospel to his friend Theophilus, not as to his patron, though he was a man of honour, to protect it, but as to his pupil, to learn it, and hold it fast. It is not certain who this Theophilus was; the name signifies a friend of God; some think that it does not mean any particular person, but every one that is a lover of God; Dr. Hammond quotes some of the ancients understanding it so: and then it teaches us, that those…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 1:2

from the beginning--that is, of His public ministry, as is plain from what follows.

Adam Clarke on Luke 1:2

Even 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 απ' αρχης, from the beginning, must mean, from the time that Christ first began to proclaim the glad tidings of the kingdom; and αυτοπται, eye-witnesses, must necessarily signify, those who had been with him from the beginning, and consequently had the best opportunities of knowing the truth of every fact. Ministers of the word - Του λογου. Some suppose that our blessed Lord is meant by this phrase; as ὁ Λογος, the Word or Logos, is…

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John Gill on Luke 1:2

Even as they delivered them unto us,.... By whom the evangelist means, as appears from the after description of them, the twelve apostles, and seventy disciples; who handed down to others the accounts of the birth, life, and death of Christ; and according to which the above Christians proposed to write: which from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word; either of the Gospel, or rather of Christ himself, the eternal Word of God; for from the beginning of Christ's preaching the Gospel, or as soon as he entered upon his public ministry, he called his apostles, as Simon, Andrew, James, John, &c. and afterwards seventy disciples; who were eyewitnesses of him, of the truth of h…

The Church Fathers

(sup.) Luke is a sure witness, because he obtained his knowledge of the truth either from St. Paul's instructions, or the instructions and traditions of the other Apostles, who were themselves eyewitnesses from the beginning.
— Eusebius of Caesarea ((as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)), Catena Aurea by Aquinas

Nevertheless both Matthew and John were obliged in many things that they wrote to consult those who had had means of knowing the infancy, childhood, and genealogy of our Lord, and of seeing the things which he did.
— Bede ((as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)), Catena Aurea by Aquinas

(non occ.) In what he says of the Apostles having been eyewitnesses of the word, he agrees with John, who says, The Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory. For the Word by means of the flesh was made visible.
— Cyril of Alexandria ((as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)), Catena Aurea by Aquinas

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Dictionary and topics

Acts of the Apostles — The title now given to the fifth and last of the historical books of the New Testament. The author styles it a “treatise” (1:1). It was early called “The Acts,” “The Gospel of the Holy Ghost,” and…
John the Baptist — The “forerunner of our Lord.” We have but fragmentary and imperfect accounts of him in the Gospels. He was of priestly descent. His father, Zacharias, was a priest of the course of Abia (1 Chr.…
Luke — The evangelist, was a Gentile. The date and circumstances of his conversion are unknown. According to his own statement (Luke 1:2), he was not an “eye-witness and minister of the word from the…
Luke, Gospel according to — Was written by Luke. He does not claim to have been an eye-witness of our Lord’s ministry, but to have gone to the best sources of information within his reach, and to have written an orderly…
Apostles, The · Saw Christ in the flesh — Saw Christ in the flesh
Epistles · Of — Of
Luke · Wrote to Theophi — Wrote to Theophi
Minister, Christian · .OF THE WORD — .OF THE WORD
Titles And Names Of Ministers · Ministers of the word — Ministers of the word

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Luke 1:2

Word by word — the Greek

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Luke 1:1-4

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 1:2

Adam Clarke on Luke 1:2

John Gill on Luke 1:2

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Luke 1:2

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Luke 1:1-4

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 1:2

Adam Clarke on Luke 1:2

John Gill on Luke 1:2

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Luke 1:1-4

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Luke 1:1-4