Luke 1:2 Meaning and Explanation
“Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word;”
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Read Full Chapter →The accounts of Jesus rest on the testimony of those who saw these things from the beginning and gave their lives to serving the word.
What Does Luke 1:2 Mean?
Luke continues his preface by naming his sources. The story he is about to tell was handed down by those present from the beginning — people who saw Jesus with their own eyes and then became servants of the message about him.
Christian faith stands on testimony, not invention. The first disciples did not merely report events; they were transformed into ministers of the word they had witnessed. What they saw, they served. The same pattern still holds: those who truly encounter Christ find themselves carrying his story to others, and the word passes faithfully from hand to hand.
Luke 1:2 in the Original Language
autoptai (αὐτόπται), 'eyewitnesses' -- those who saw for themselves, with their own eyes.
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What does Luke 1:2 mean?
The accounts of Jesus rest on the testimony of those who saw these things from the beginning and gave their lives to serving the word.