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Luke 1:2

God's word

1 Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us,

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

3 It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus,

4 That thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou hast been instructed.

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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.

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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,

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Cross references

  • John 15:27

    And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.

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  • Acts 26:16

    But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee;

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  • Hebrews 2:3

    How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;

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  • 2 Peter 1:16

    For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but 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 eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;

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  • Acts 1:21–22

    Wherefore of these men which have companied with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,

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  • Acts 1:3

    To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God:

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  • Acts 10:39–41

    And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew and hanged on a tree:

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