Luke 1:2

just as they delivered them to us, who became from the beginning eyewitnesses and servants of the word,

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

1Inasmuch as many have taken in hand to arrange in order a narration about the deeds that have been brought to fullness among us,

3it occurred to me also, having followed closely from the beginning all things accurately, to write to thee in order, eminent Theophilus,

Read all of Luke 1

Cross References

Mark 1:1The beginning of the good-news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

Luke 24:48And ye are witnesses of these things.

Acts 1:3to whom he also presented himself living, after his suffering, by many infallible proofs, being seen by them during forty days, and speaking the things about the kingdom of God.

Acts 1:21It is necessary therefore, of the men who accompanied us during all the time during which the Lord Jesus went in and went out among us,

Acts 10:39And we are witnesses of all that he did both in the country of the Jews, and in Jerusalem, whom also they killed, having hung on a tree.

Romans 15:16for me to be a minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, serving the good-news of God like a priest, so that the offering up of the Gentiles might become acceptable, being sanctified in Holy Spirit.

Matthew Henry on Luke 1:2-5

Luke We are now entering into the labours of another evangelist; his name Luke, which some take to be a contraction of Lucilius; born at Antioch, so St. Jerome. Some think that he was the only one of all the penmen of the scripture that was not of the seed of Israel. He was a Jewish proselyte, and, as some conjecture, converted to Christianity by the ministry of St. Paul at Antioch; and after his coming into Macedonia ( Acts xvi. 10 ) he was his constant companion. He had employed himself in the study and practice… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Luke 1:2