Luke 1:2 - English Standard Version 2016 just as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word have delivered them 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 message by accompanying signs.]]
And you also will bear witness, because you have been with me from the beginning.
But I have said these things to you, that when their hour comes you may remember that I told them to you. “I did not say these things to you from the beginning, because I was with you.
He presented himself alive to them after his suffering by many proofs, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God.
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
And when they had spoken the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia,
And they went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia.
Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.
But rise and stand upon your feet, for I have appeared to you for this purpose, to appoint you as a servant and witness to the things in which you have seen me and to those in which I will appear to you,
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.
This is how one should regard us, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.
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,
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 going to be revealed:
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.