Luke 1:2

American Standard Version (1901)

even as they delivered them unto us, who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word,

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  • John 15:27 : 27 and ye also bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.
  • Heb 2:3 : 3 how shall we escape, if we neglect so great a salvation? which having at the first been spoken through the Lord, was confirmed unto us by them that heard;
  • 2 Pet 1:16 : 16 For we did not follow cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
  • Mark 1:1 : 1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
  • Acts 26:16 : 16 But arise, and stand upon thy feet: for to this end have I appeared unto thee, to appoint thee a minister and a witness both of the things wherein thou hast seen me, and of the things wherein I will appear unto thee;
  • 1 John 1:1-3 : 1 That which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, that which we have seen with our eyes, that which we beheld, and our hands handled, concerning the Word of life 2 (and the life was manifested, and we have seen, and bear witness, and declare unto you the life, the eternal [life], which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us); 3 that which we have seen and heard declare we unto 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 Pet 5:1 : 1 The elders among you I exhort, who am a fellow-elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, who am also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:
  • Acts 1:21-22 : 21 Of the men therefore that have companied with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and went out among us, 22 beginning from the baptism of John, unto the day that he was received up from us, of these must one become a witness with us of his resurrection.
  • Acts 4:20 : 20 for we cannot but speak the things which we saw and heard.
  • Acts 10:39-41 : 39 And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the country of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom also they slew, hanging him on a tree. 40 Him God raised up the third day, and gave him to be made manifest, 41 not to all the people, but unto witnesses that were chosen before of God, [even] to us, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.
  • Luke 24:48 : 48 Ye are witnesses of these things.
  • Acts 1:3 : 3 To whom he also showed himself alive after his passion by many proofs, appearing unto them by the space of forty days, and speaking the things concerning the kingdom of God:
  • Acts 1:8 : 8 But ye shall receive power, when the Holy Spirit is come upon you: and ye shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea and Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
  • Mark 4:14 : 14 The sower soweth the word.
  • Col 1:23-25 : 23 if so be that ye continue in the faith, grounded and stedfast, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel which ye heard, which was preached in all creation under heaven; whereof I Paul was made a minister. 24 Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and fill up on my part that which is lacking of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church; 25 whereof I was made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which was given me to you-ward, to fulfil the word of God,
  • Rom 15:16 : 16 that I should be a minister of Christ Jesus unto the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be made acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
  • 1 Cor 4:1 : 1 Let a man so account of us, as of ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.
  • Eph 3:7-8 : 7 whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of that grace of God which was given me according to the working of his power. 8 Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach unto the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;
  • Eph 4:11-12 : 11 And he gave some [to be] apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; 12 for the perfecting of the saints, unto the work of ministering, unto the building up of the body of Christ:

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    1 That which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, that which we have seen with our eyes, that which we beheld, and our hands handled, concerning the Word of life

    2 (and the life was manifested, and we have seen, and bear witness, and declare unto you the life, the eternal [life], which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us);

    3 that which we have seen and heard declare we unto you also, that ye also may have fellowship with us: yea, and our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ:

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    15 Yea, I will give diligence that at every time ye may be able after my decease to call these things to remembrance.

    16 For we did not follow cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.

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    1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

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    1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

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    21 Of the men therefore that have companied with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and went out among us,

    22 beginning from the baptism of John, unto the day that he was received up from us, of these must one become a witness with us of his resurrection.

  • 27 and ye also bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.

  • 2 and all the brethren that are with me, unto the churches of Galatia:

  • 2 which he promised afore through his prophets in the holy scriptures,

  • 2 that ye should remember the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and the commandments of the Lord and Saviour through your apostles:

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    5 how that our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and [in] much assurance; even as ye know what manner of men we showed ourselves toward you for your sake.

    6 And ye became imitators of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit;

  • 2 And the things which thou hast heard from me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.

  • 37 that saying ye yourselves know, which was published throughout all Judaea, beginning from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached;

  • 1 God, having of old time spoken unto the fathers in the prophets by divers portions and in divers manners,

  • 17 But ye, beloved, remember ye the words which have been spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;

  • 5 for your fellowship in furtherance of the gospel from the first day until now;

  • 2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

  • 13 For we write no other things unto you, than what ye read or even acknowledge, and I hope ye will acknowledge unto the end:

  • 2 Grace to you and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

  • 14 And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us (and we beheld his glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father), full of grace and truth.

  • 3 Beloved, while I was giving all diligence to write unto you of our common salvation, I was constrained to write unto you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered unto the saints.

  • 2 To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ [that are] at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father.

  • 5 And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote to thee a new commandment, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.

  • 12 To whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto you, did they minister these things, which now have been announced unto you through them that preached the gospel unto you by the Holy Spirit sent forth from heaven; which things angels desire to look into.

  • 3 how shall we escape, if we neglect so great a salvation? which having at the first been spoken through the Lord, was confirmed unto us by them that heard;

  • 1 Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained a like precious faith with us in the righteousness of our God and [the] Saviour Jesus Christ:

  • 12 Demetrius hath the witness of all [men], and of the truth itself: yea, we also bear witness: and thou knowest that our witness is true.

  • 13 And for this cause we also thank God without ceasing, that, when ye received from us the word of the message, [even the word] of God, ye accepted [it] not [as] the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which also worketh in you that believe.

  • 6 even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you:

  • 2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

  • 6 which is come unto you; even as it is also in all the world bearing fruit and increasing, as [it doth] in you also, since the day ye heard and knew the grace of God in truth;

  • 70 (As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets that have been from of old),

  • 6 There came a man, sent from God, whose name was John.

  • 9 For they themselves report concerning us what manner of entering in we had unto you; and how ye turned unto God from idols, to serve a living and true God,

  • 11 according to the gospel of the glory of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.

  • 10 Ye are witnesses, and God [also], how holily and righteously and unblameably we behaved ourselves toward you that believe:

  • 4 but even as we have been approved of God to be intrusted with the gospel, so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God who proveth our hearts.