Luke 1:2

just as they were passed down to us by those who from the first were eyewitnesses and servants of the word.

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

In Context

1Many have taken on the work of putting together an account of the things that have been fulfilled among us,

3So it seemed good to me also, because I have accurately investigated everything from the beginning, to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus,

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Cross References

Mark 1:1This is the beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

Luke 24:48You are witnesses of these things.

Acts 1:3After his suffering, he presented himself alive to them with many convincing proofs. For forty days he appeared to them, and he spoke about the kingdom of God.

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

Acts 10:39We are witnesses of all the things Jesus did, both in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem. They killed him by hanging him on a tree,

Romans 15:16This gift was that I should be a servant of Christ Jesus sent to the Gentiles, to offer as a priest the gospel of God. I should do this so that the offering of the Gentiles might become acceptable, consecrated 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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