Luke 1:2 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised just as the original eye-witnesses and servants of the word handed them down to us. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word; 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], American Standard Version (1901) even as they delivered them unto us, who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word, Common English Bible They used what the original eyewitnesses and servants of the word handed down to us. 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, 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: |
And they went out and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the word by the accompanying signs.]
You also will testify, because you have been with me from the beginning.
But I have told you these things so that when their time comes you will remember that I told them to you. I didn’t tell you these things from the beginning, because I was with you.
After he had suffered, he also presented himself alive to them by many convincing proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God.
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come on you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.’
They went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia; they had been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia.
The people here were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica, since they received the word with eagerness and examined the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.
But get up and stand on your feet. For I have appeared to you for this purpose, to appoint you as a servant and a witness of what you have seen and will see of me.
for we are unable to stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.’
to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, serving as a priest of the gospel of God. God’s purpose is that the Gentiles may be an acceptable offering, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
A person should think of us in this way: as servants of Christ and managers of the mysteries of God.
how will we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? This salvation had its beginning when it was spoken of by the Lord, and it was confirmed to us by those who heard him.
I exhort the elders among you as a fellow elder and witness to the sufferings of Christ, as well as one who shares in the glory about to be revealed:
For we did not follow cleverly contrived myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ; instead, we were eye-witnesses of his majesty.