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Luke 1:2 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

[that is, people] who were ministers of the word and original eyewitnesses [of these events], and who passed them on to us; [and since]

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

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Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Exactly as they were handed down to us by those who from the [official] beginning [of Jesus' ministry] were eyewitnesses and ministers of the Word [that is, of the doctrine concerning the attainment through Christ of salvation in the kingdom of God],

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

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Common English Bible

They used what the original eyewitnesses and servants of the word handed down to us.

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Catholic Public Domain Version

just as they have been handed on to those of us who from the beginning saw the same and were ministers of the word,

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Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

According as they have delivered them unto us, who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word:

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Luke 1:2
25 Cross References  

This is [how] the good news about Jesus Christ, the Son of God, began.


And the apostles [See verses 14-15] went out and preached everywhere. The Lord worked with them and confirmed the message [i.e., verified that it was true] by means of the [miraculous] signs which accompanied their ministry. May it be so.


A farmer planted ‘the word’ [i.e., the message of God].


You apostles are [to be] witnesses of these things [i.e., they were to give their testimony of these truths. See Acts 1:8].


But I have told you these things so that, when the time comes [for people to do such things], you will remember that I had warned you. I did not tell you them at the beginning [of my ministry] because I was with you [i.e., to protect you from persecution].


Now, following His death on the cross [and His resurrection], Jesus appeared alive [to His apostles] for forty days, and demonstrated by many convincing proofs [that He had been raised bodily from the dead]. [During that time] He also spoke to them about the [coming] kingdom of God.


But, you apostles will receive power when the Holy Spirit descends on you and [then] you will become My witnesses [i.e., to tell what you know] in Jerusalem, in [the countries of] Judea and Samaria, and [even] to the distant regions of the earth.”


After they had proclaimed the message in [the town of] Perga [in the province of Pamphylia], they went down to Attalia [a seaport of Pamphylia].


And then Paul, Silas, Timothy [and perhaps others by now] traveled through the districts of Phrygia and Galatia [i.e., provinces of central Asia Minor] because [an inspired message from] the Holy Spirit would not permit them to proclaim the message in Asia [i.e., the westernmost province of Asia Minor].


Now these people [in Berea] had more character than those in Thessalonica because they [not only] received the message with an open mind but [also] examined the [Old Testament] Scriptures every day to see if what they had heard was really true.


But, get up onto your feet, for the reason I have appeared to you is to appoint you a minister and witness of both the things you have [already] seen of me and the things I will [reveal when] appearing to you.


we cannot help but speak about the things we have seen and heard.”


Now the disciples, who had become scattered all over, went everywhere preaching the message [of God].


in appointing me to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles. I am serving like a priest in preaching God’s good news, so that the Gentiles might be like an acceptable sacrifice [to God], dedicated by the Holy Spirit.


So, a person should look at us as servants of Christ and property managers entrusted with the secret truths of God.


how will we escape [punishment] if we neglect such a great salvation? [For it was] first announced [to people] by the Lord and then confirmed to us [i.e., the writer and other Christians] by those who heard Him [i.e., the original apostles].


So, the elders in the various places where you live, are to receive the following exhortation. (I too, am an elder and have witnessed the sufferings of Christ, and am also assured of partaking of the glorious [salvation, 1:5] that will someday be revealed).


For we did not use cleverly conceived stories when we told you about the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, because we were eyewitnesses of His Majesty [i.e., the apostles had personally seen the miraculous power of Jesus].