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Luke 1:2
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KJ21
even as they were delivered unto us by those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the Word,
ASV
even as they delivered them unto us, who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word,
AMP
exactly as they were handed down to us by those [with personal experience] who from the beginning [of Christ’s ministry] were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word [that is, of the teaching concerning salvation through faith in Christ],
AMPC
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],
BRG
Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word;
CSB
just as the original eyewitnesses and servants of the word handed them down to us.
CSBA
just as the original eye-witnesses and servants of the word handed them down to us.
CEB
They used what the original eyewitnesses and servants of the word handed down to us.
CJB
based on what was handed down to us by those who from the start were eyewitnesses and proclaimers of the message.
CEV
They wrote what we had been told by the ones who were there in the beginning and saw what happened.
DARBY
as those who from the beginning were eye-witnesses of and attendants on the Word have delivered them to us,
DLNT
just as the eyewitnesses from the first and ones having become servants of the word handed-down to us,
DRA
According as they have delivered them unto us, who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word:
ERV
What they have written agrees with what we learned from the people who saw those events from the beginning. They also served God by telling people his message.
EASY
Some people were present when these things started to happen. They saw everything that happened and they told us about it. They are the people who wrote down the Good News for us.
EHV
an account like those handed down to us by those who were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word from the beginning.
ESV
just as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word have delivered them to us,
ESVUK
just as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word have delivered them to us,
EXB
They have written the same things that ·we learned from [L were handed down by] others—the ·people who saw those things [L eyewitnesses] from the beginning and ·served God by telling people his message [L were servants of the word; Acts 10:39–41; 1 John 1:1–3].
GNV
As they have delivered them unto us, which from the beginning saw them themselves, and were ministers of the word,
GW
They received their information from those who had been eyewitnesses and servants of God’s word from the beginning, and they passed it on to us.
GNT
They wrote what we have been told by those who saw these things from the beginning and who proclaimed the message.
HCSB
just as the original eyewitnesses and servants of the word handed them down to us.
ICB
They have written the same things that we learned from others—the people who saw those things from the beginning and served God by telling people his message.
ISV
just as they were passed down to us by those who had been eyewitnesses and servants of the word from the beginning,
PHILLIPS
Dear Theophilus Many people have already written an account of the events which have happened among us, basing their work on the evidence of those whom we know were eye-witnesses as well as teachers of the message. I have therefore decided, since I have traced the course of these happenings carefully from the beginning, to set them down for you myself in their proper order, so that you may have reliable information about the matters in which you have already had instruction.
JUB
even as those who were eyewitnesses from the beginning taught us and thus were ministers of the word,
KJV
Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word;
AKJV
even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word;
LSB
just as those, who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word, handed them down to us,
LEB
just as those who were eyewitnesses and servants of the word from the beginning passed on to us,
TLB
Dear friend who loves God: Several biographies of Christ have already been written using as their source material the reports circulating among us from the early disciples and other eyewitnesses.
MSG
So many others have tried their hand at putting together a story of the wonderful harvest of Scripture and history that took place among us, using reports handed down by the original eyewitnesses who served this Word with their very lives. Since I have investigated all the reports in close detail, starting from the story’s beginning, I decided to write it all out for you, most honorable Theophilus, so you can know beyond the shadow of a doubt the reliability of what you were taught.
MEV
just as they were handed down to us by those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word,
MOUNCE
just as those who were, from the beginning, eyewitnesses and became ministers of the word, have delivered it to us,
NOG
They received their information from those who had been eyewitnesses and servants of God’s word from the beginning, and they passed it on to us.
NABRE
just as those who were eyewitnesses from the beginning and ministers of the word have handed them down to us,
NASB
just as they were handed down to us by those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word,
NASB1995
just as they were handed down to us by those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word,
NCB
in accordance with their transmission to us by those who were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word from the beginning,
NCV
They have written the same things that we learned from others—the people who saw those things from the beginning and served God by telling people his message.
NET
like the accounts passed on to us by those who were eyewitnesses and servants of the word from the beginning.
NIRV
Reports of these things were handed down to us. There were people who saw these things for themselves from the beginning. They saw them and then passed the word on.
NIV
just as they were handed down to us by those who from the first were eyewitnesses and servants of the word.
NIVUK
just as they were handed down to us by those who from the first were eye witnesses and servants of the word.
NKJV
just as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word delivered them to us,
NLV
Those who saw everything from the first and helped teach the Good News have passed these things on to us.
NLT
They used the eyewitness reports circulating among us from the early disciples.
NMB
as told to us by those who were eyewitnesses from the beginning, and ministered at the doing of them,
NRSVA
just as they were handed on to us by those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word,
NRSVACE
just as they were handed on to us by those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word,
NRSVCE
just as they were handed on to us by those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word,
NRSVUE
just as they were handed on to us by those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word,
NTFE
It has all been handed down to us by the original eyewitnesses and stewards of the word.
OJB
Just as these [masoret haShluchim] have been handed down to us by those who from HaReshit [of the Besuras HaGeulah] were edei reiyah (eyewitnesses) and mesharetim [ministers] of the Dvar Hashem,
RGT
(exactly as they were delivered to us by those ministers of the Word who saw them themselves from the beginning),
RSV
just as they were delivered to us by those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word,
RSVCE
just as they were delivered to us by those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word,
TLV
just as they were handed down to us from the start by the eyewitnesses and reporters of the word.
VOICE
For those who love God, several other people have already written accounts of what God has been bringing to completion among us, using the reports of the original eyewitnesses, those who were there from the start to witness the fulfillment of prophecy. Like those other servants who have recorded the messages, I present to you my carefully researched, orderly account of these new teachings.
WEB
even as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word delivered them to us,
WE
These things were told us by men who saw them happen from the time they began to happen. And these men helped tell the good news.
WYC
as they that saw at the beginning, and were ministers of the word, betaken,
YLT
as they did deliver to us, who from the beginning became eye-witnesses, and officers of the Word, --
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