Luke 1:2

¹ Many have undertaken to compose an account of the things that have been fulfilled among us,

just as they were handed down to us by the initial eyewitnesses and servants of the word.

³ Therefore, having carefully investigated everything from the beginning, it seemed good also to me to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus,

⁴ so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: just as they were handed down to us by the initial eyewitnesses and servants of the word.
KJV: Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word;
WEB: even as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word delivered them to us,
ASV: even as they delivered them unto us, who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word,
DARBY: as those who from the beginning were eye-witnesses of and attendants on the Word have delivered them to us,
BLB: just as they delivered [them] to us—those from the beginning having been eyewitnesses and servants of the word—

ÅB: slik som de som fra først av var øyenvitner og ble ordets tjenere, har overgitt oss det,
OTB: slik de ble overlevert til oss av dem som fra begynnelsen var øyenvitner og tjenere for ordet.
B1930: således som de som fra først av var øienvidner og blev ordets tjenere, har overgitt oss det,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

John 15:27
And you also must testify, because you have been with Me from the beginning.
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Acts 26:16
‘But get up and stand on your feet. For I have appeared to you to appoint you as a servant and as a witness of what you have seen from Me and what I will show you.
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Hebrews 2:3
how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? This salvation was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard Him,
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2 Peter 1:16
For we did not follow cleverly devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of His majesty.
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1 John 1:1–3
That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our own eyes, which we have gazed upon and touched with our own hands—this is the Word of life.
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Acts 1:21–22
Therefore it is necessary to choose one of the men who have accompanied us the whole time the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,
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Acts 1:3
After His suffering, He presented Himself to them with many convincing proofs that He was alive. He appeared to them over a span of forty days and spoke about the kingdom of God.
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Acts 10:39–41
We are witnesses of all that He did, both in the land of the Jews and in Jerusalem. And although they put Him to death by hanging Him on a tree,
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