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Luke 1

Luke 1:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Even as
kathos (Greek #2531)
just (or inasmuch) as, that
KJV usage: according to, (according, even) as, how, when.
Pronounce: kath-oce'
Origin: from 2596 and 5613
they delivered
paradidomi (Greek #3860)
to surrender, i.e yield up, intrust, transmit
KJV usage: betray, bring forth, cast, commit, deliver (up), give (over, up), hazard, put in prison, recommend.
Pronounce: par-ad-id'-o-mee
Origin: from 3844 and 1325
them unto us
hemin (Greek #2254)
to (or for, with, by) us
KJV usage: our, (for) us, we.
Pronounce: hay-meen'
Origin: dative case plural of 1473
, which
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
from
apo (Greek #575)
"off," i.e. away (from something near), in various senses (of place, time, or relation; literal or figurative)
KJV usage: (X here-)after, ago, at, because of, before, by (the space of), for(-th), from, in, (out) of, off, (up-)on(-ce), since, with. In composition (as a prefix) it usually denotes separation, departure, cessation, completion, reversal, etc.
Pronounce: apo'
Origin: a primary particle
the beginning
arche (Greek #746)
(properly abstract) a commencement, or (concretely) chief (in various applications of order, time, place, or rank)
KJV usage: beginning, corner, (at the, the) first (estate), magistrate, power, principality, principle, rule.
Pronounce: ar-khay'
Origin: from 756
a were
ginomai (Greek #1096)
to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e. (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
KJV usage: arise, be assembled, be(-come, -fall, -have self), be brought (to pass), (be) come (to pass), continue, be divided, draw, be ended, fall, be finished, follow, be found, be fulfilled, + God forbid, grow, happen, have, be kept, be made, be married, be ordained to be, partake, pass, be performed, be published, require, seem, be showed, X soon as it was, sound, be taken, be turned, use, wax, will, would, be wrought.
Pronounce: ghin'-om-ahee
Origin: a prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb
eyewitnesses
autoptes (Greek #845)
self-seeing, i.e. an eye-witness
KJV usage: eye-witness.
Pronounce: ow-top'-tace
Origin: from 846 and 3700
, and
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
ministers
huperetes (Greek #5257)
an under-oarsman, i.e. (generally) subordinate (assistant, sexton, constable)
KJV usage: minister, officer, servant.
Pronounce: hoop-ay-ret'-ace
Origin: from 5259 and a derivative of ἐρέσσω (to row)
of theb word
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
logos (Greek #3056)
something said (including the thought); by implication, a topic (subject of discourse), also reasoning (the mental faculty) or motive; by extension, a computation; specially, (with the article in John) the Divine Expression (i.e. Christ)
KJV usage: account, cause, communication, X concerning, doctrine, fame, X have to do, intent, matter, mouth, preaching, question, reason, + reckon, remove, say(-ing), shew, X speaker, speech, talk, thing, + none of these things move me, tidings, treatise, utterance, word, work.
Pronounce: log'-os
Origin: from 3004
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John 15:27• 27and ye too testify, because ye are with me from [the] beginning. (John 15:27)
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Heb. 2:3• 3how shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation, which, having begun to be spoken by the Lord, was confirmed unto us by those that heard, (Heb. 2:3)
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1 Peter 5:1• 1Elders [therefore] that [are] among you I exhort that [am] fellow-elder, and witness of the sufferings of Christ, that [am] also partaker of the glory about to be revealed. (1 Peter 5:1)
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2 Peter 1:16• 16For we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, not following cleverly devised fables, but made eyewitnesses of his majesty. (2 Peter 1:16)
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1 John 1:1• 1What was from [the] beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we looked on, and our hands handled, concerning the Word of life (1 John 1:1)
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Rom. 15:16• 16in order to my being a minister of Jesus Christ unto the Gentiles, as a sacred rite ministering the gospel of God that the offering of the Gentiles might be acceptable, sanctified by [the] Holy Spirit. (Rom. 15:16)
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Eph. 3:7• 7of which I was made minister according to the gift of the grace of God that was given me according to the working of his power. (Eph. 3:7)
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Eph. 4:11‑12• 11And he gave some apostles, and some prophets, and some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers,
 12for the perfecting of the saints, unto work of ministry, unto edifying of the body of the Christ, (Eph. 4:11‑12)

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Luke 24:48• 48Ye are witnesses of these things. (Luke 24:48)
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Mark 1:1• 1The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ; the Son of God; (Mark 1:1)
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John 15:27• 27and ye too testify, because ye are with me from [the] beginning. (John 15:27)
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Acts 1:3,8,21‑22• 3to whom he also presented himself alive after he had suffered, by many proofs, appearing to them during forty days, and speaking the things concerning the kingdom of God.
 8But ye shall receive power at the coming of the Holy Spirit upon you; and ye shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria and unto the end of the earth.
 21Of the men therefore who went with us at every time that the Lord Jesus went in and went out among us,
 22beginning from the baptism of John until the day in which he was received up from us, must one of these become a witness with us of his resurrection. (Acts 1:3,8,21‑22)
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Acts 4:20• 20for we cannot but speak the things which we saw and heard. (Acts 4:20)
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Acts 10:39‑41• 39And we [are] c witnesses of all things which he did both in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem, whom also d they slew hanging [him] on a tree,
 40him God raised on the third day and gave him to be manifest
 41not to all the people, but to witnesses that were chosen before by God, to us which ate and drank with him, after he rose from [the] dead. (Acts 10:39‑41)
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Heb. 2:3• 3how shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation, which, having begun to be spoken by the Lord, was confirmed unto us by those that heard, (Heb. 2:3)
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1 Peter 5:1• 1Elders [therefore] that [are] among you I exhort that [am] fellow-elder, and witness of the sufferings of Christ, that [am] also partaker of the glory about to be revealed. (1 Peter 5:1)
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1 John 1:1‑3• 1What was from [the] beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we looked on, and our hands handled, concerning the Word of life
 2(and the life was manifested, and we have seen, and bear witness, and report to you the eternal life, the which was with the Father and was manifested to us);
 3that which we have seen and have heard we report to you also, that ye also may have fellowship with us; yea, and our fellowship [is] with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ. (1 John 1:1‑3)
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Acts 26:16• 16But rise up and stand on thy feet, for to this end I appeared to thee, to appoint thee a servant and a witness both of what thou hast seen and of those things wherein I shall appear to thee, (Acts 26:16)
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Rom. 15:16• 16in order to my being a minister of Jesus Christ unto the Gentiles, as a sacred rite ministering the gospel of God that the offering of the Gentiles might be acceptable, sanctified by [the] Holy Spirit. (Rom. 15:16)
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Eph. 3:7‑8• 7of which I was made minister according to the gift of the grace of God that was given me according to the working of his power.
 8To me who am less than the least of all saints was this grace given to preach to the nations the unsearchable riches of the Christ, (Eph. 3:7‑8)
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Eph. 4:11‑12• 11And he gave some apostles, and some prophets, and some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers,
 12for the perfecting of the saints, unto work of ministry, unto edifying of the body of the Christ, (Eph. 4:11‑12)
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Col. 1:23‑25• 23if indeed ye abide in the faith grounded and firm, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel (which ye heard, that was preached in the whole creation under the heaven), of which I, Paul, became servant;
 24who now rejoice in sufferings for you, and fill up what is wanting of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body, which is the assembly,
 25of which I became servant, according to the stewardship of God that was given me for you, to complete the word of God, (Col. 1:23‑25)

J. N. Darby Translation

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as those who from the beginning were eye-witnesses of and attendantsc on the Word have delivered them to us,

JND Translation Notes

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Huperetes. see Note, 1 Cor. 4.1.

W. Kelly Translation

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as those who from the beginning were eye-witnesses of and attendants on the Word have delivered them to us,

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)