Luke 1:2 - Revised Standard Version

² just as they were delivered to us by those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word,

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² 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],

American Standard Version (1901)

² even as they delivered them unto us, who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word,

Common English Bible

² They used what the original eyewitnesses and servants of the word handed down to us.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² just as they have been handed on to those of us who from the beginning saw the same and were ministers of the word,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² According as they have delivered them unto us, who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word:

Luke 1:2 Cross References

Mark 1:1

The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

Mark 16:20

And they went forth and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the message by the signs that attended it. Amen.

Mark 4:14

The sower sows the word.

Luke 24:48

You are witnesses of these things.

John 15:27

and you also are witnesses, because you have been with me from the beginning.

John 16:4

But I have said these things to you, that when their hour comes you may remember that I told you of them. “I did not say these things to you from the beginning, because I was with you.

Acts 1:3

To them he presented himself alive after his passion by many proofs, appearing to them during forty days, and speaking of the kingdom of God.

Acts 1:8

But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria and to the end of the earth.”

Acts 14:25

And when they had spoken the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia;

Acts 16:6

And they went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia.

Acts 17:11

Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica, for they received the word with all eagerness, examining the scriptures daily to see if these things were so.

Acts 26:16

But rise and stand upon your feet; for I have appeared to you for this purpose, to appoint you to serve and bear witness to the things in which you have seen me and to those in which I will appear to you,

Acts 4:20

for we cannot but speak of what we have seen and heard.”

Acts 8:4

Now those who were scattered went about preaching the word.

Romans 15:16

to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the offering of the Gentiles may be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

1 Corinthians 4:1

This is how one should regard us, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.

Hebrews 2:3

how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was declared at first by the Lord, and it was attested to us by those who heard him,

1 Peter 5:1

So I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ as well as a partaker in the glory that is to be revealed.

2 Peter 1:16

For we did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.