Luke 1:2

as they, who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word, delivered them to us;

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

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

1FORASMUCH as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a narration concerning the things fully believed among us[1:1],

3it seemed good to me also, having accurately traced all from the very first, to write to thee in order, most excellent Theophilus;

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Cross References

Mark 1:1THE beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ, Son of God,

Luke 24:48Ye are witnesses of these things.

Acts 1:3to whom also he showed himself living, after he had suffered, by many infallible proofs, during forty days appearing to them, and speaking the things concerning the kingdom of God.

Acts 1:21Therefore, of these men, who accompanied us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,

Acts 10:39And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the country of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew, hanging him on a tree.

Romans 15:16that I should be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, ministering as a priest in the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles may be acceptable, being sanctified by the 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 →

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