Luke 1:2

Bible in Basic English (1941)

As they were handed down to us by those who saw them from the first and were preachers of the word,

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • John 15:27 : 27 And you, in addition, will give witness because you have been with me from the first.
  • Heb 2:3 : 3 What will come on us, if we do not give our minds to such a great salvation? a salvation of which our fathers first had knowledge through the words of the Lord, and which was made certain to us by those to whom his words came;
  • 2 Pet 1:16 : 16 For when we gave you news of the power and the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, our teaching was not based on stories put together by art, but we were eye-witnesses of his glory.
  • Mark 1:1 : 1 The first words of the good news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
  • Acts 26:16 : 16 But get up on your feet: for I have come to you for this purpose, to make you a servant and a witness of the things in which you have seen me, and of those in which you will see me;
  • 1 John 1:1-3 : 1 That which was from the first, which has come to our ears, and which we have seen with our eyes, looking on it and touching it with our hands, about the Word of life 2 (And the life was made clear to us, and we have seen it and are witnessing to it and giving you word of that eternal life which was with the Father and was seen by us); 3 We give you word of all we have seen and everything which has come to our ears, so that you may be united with us; and we are united with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ:
  • 1 Pet 5:1 : 1 I who am myself one of the rulers of the church, and a witness of the death of Christ, having my part in the coming glory, send this serious request to the chief men among you:
  • Acts 1:21-22 : 21 For this reason, of the men who have been with us all the time, while the Lord Jesus went in and out among us, 22 Starting from the baptism of John till he went up from us, one will have to be a witness with us of his coming back from death.
  • Acts 4:20 : 20 For it is not possible for us to keep from saying what we have seen and have knowledge of.
  • Acts 10:39-41 : 39 And we are witnesses of all the things which he did in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem; whom they put to death, hanging him on a tree. 40 On the third day God gave him back to life, and let him be seen, 41 Not by all the people, but by witnesses marked out before by God, even by us, who took food and drink with him after he came back from the dead.
  • Luke 24:48 : 48 You are witnesses of these things.
  • Acts 1:3 : 3 And to whom he gave clear and certain signs that he was living, after his death; for he was seen by them for forty days, and gave them teaching about the kingdom of God:
  • Acts 1:8 : 8 But you will have power, when the Holy Spirit has come on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and all Judaea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.
  • Mark 4:14 : 14 The seed is the word.
  • Col 1:23-25 : 23 If you keep yourselves safely based in the faith, not moved from the hope of the good news which came to you, and which was given to every living being under heaven; of which I, Paul, was made a servant. 24 Now I have joy in my pain because of you, and in my flesh I undergo whatever is still needed to make the sorrows of Christ complete, for the salvation of his body, the church; 25 Of which I became a servant by the purpose of God which was given to me for you, to give effect to the word of God,
  • Rom 15:16 : 16 To be a servant of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, doing the work of a priest in the good news of God, so that the offering of the Gentiles might be pleasing to God, being made holy by the Holy Spirit.
  • 1 Cor 4:1 : 1 Let us be judged as servants of Christ, and as those who are responsible for the secret things of God.
  • Eph 3:7-8 : 7 Of which I was made a preacher, through that grace of God which was given to me in the measure of the working of his power. 8 To me, who am less than the least of all the saints, was this grace given, so that I might make clear to the Gentiles the good news of the unending wealth of Christ:
  • Eph 4:11-12 : 11 And he gave some as Apostles, and some, prophets; and some, preachers of the good news; and some to give care and teaching; 12 For the training of the saints as servants in the church, for the building up of the body of Christ:

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • 1 As a number of attempts have been made to put together in order an account of those events which took place among us,

  • Luke 1:3-4
    2 verses
    86%

    3 It seemed good to me, having made observation, with great care, of the direction of events in their order, to put the facts in writing for you, most noble Theophilus;

    4 So that you might have certain knowledge of those things about which you were given teaching.

  • Acts 1:1-2
    2 verses
    81%

    1 I have given an earlier account, O Theophilus, of all the things which Jesus did, and of his teaching from the first,

    2 Till the day when he was taken up to heaven after he had given his orders, through the Holy Spirit, to the Apostles of whom he had made selection:

  • 1 John 1:1-3
    3 verses
    77%

    1 That which was from the first, which has come to our ears, and which we have seen with our eyes, looking on it and touching it with our hands, about the Word of life

    2 (And the life was made clear to us, and we have seen it and are witnessing to it and giving you word of that eternal life which was with the Father and was seen by us);

    3 We give you word of all we have seen and everything which has come to our ears, so that you may be united with us; and we are united with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ:

  • 76%

    15 And I will take every care so that you may have a clear memory of these things after my death.

    16 For when we gave you news of the power and the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, our teaching was not based on stories put together by art, but we were eye-witnesses of his glory.

  • Mark 1:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1 The first words of the good news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

    2 Even as it is said in the book of Isaiah the prophet, See, I send my servant before your face, who will make ready your way;

  • John 1:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1 From the first he was the Word, and the Word was in relation with God and was God.

    2 This Word was from the first in relation with God.

  • Rev 1:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ which God gave him so that his servants might have knowledge of the things which will quickly take place: and he sent and made it clear by his angel to his servant John;

    2 Who gave witness of the word of God, and of the witness of Jesus Christ, even of all the things which he saw.

  • Acts 1:21-22
    2 verses
    72%

    21 For this reason, of the men who have been with us all the time, while the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,

    22 Starting from the baptism of John till he went up from us, one will have to be a witness with us of his coming back from death.

  • 27 And you, in addition, will give witness because you have been with me from the first.

  • 2 And all the brothers who are with me, to the churches of Galatia:

  • 2 Of which God had given word before by his prophets in the holy Writings,

  • 2 So that you may keep in mind the words of the holy prophets in the past, and the law of the Lord and Saviour which was given to you by his Apostles.

  • 69%

    5 Because our good news came to you, not in word only, but in power, and in the Holy Spirit, so that you were completely certain of it; even as you saw what our behaviour to you was like from our love to you.

    6 And you took us and the Lord as your example, after the word had come to you in much trouble, with joy in the Holy Spirit;

  • 2 And the things which I have said to you before a number of witnesses, give to those of the faith, so that they may be teachers of others.

  • 37 That word you yourselves have knowledge of, which was made public through all Judaea, starting from Galilee, after the baptism of which John was the preacher,

  • 1 In times past the word of God came to our fathers through the prophets, in different parts and in different ways;

  • 17 But you, my loved ones, keep in memory the words which were said before by the Apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ,

  • 5 Because of your help in giving the good news from the first day till now;

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

  • 13 For in our letters we say no other things to you, but those which you are reading, and to which you give agreement, and, it is my hope, will go on doing so to the end:

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

  • 14 And so the Word became flesh and took a place among us for a time; and we saw his glory--such glory as is given to an only son by his father--saw it to be true and full of grace.

  • 3 My loved ones, while my thoughts were full of a letter which I was going to send you about our common salvation, it was necessary for me to send you one requesting you with all my heart to go on fighting strongly for the faith which has been given to the saints once and for ever.

  • 2 To the saints and true brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father.

  • 5 And now, my sister, I make a request to you, not sending you a new law, but the law which we had from the first, that we have love for one another.

  • 12 And it was made clear to those prophets that they were God's servants not for themselves but for you, to give you word of the things which have now come to your ears from the preachers of the good news through the Holy Spirit sent down from heaven; things which even angels have a desire to see.

  • 3 What will come on us, if we do not give our minds to such a great salvation? a salvation of which our fathers first had knowledge through the words of the Lord, and which was made certain to us by those to whom his words came;

  • 1 Simon Peter, a servant and Apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who with us have a part in the same holy faith in the righteousness of our God and Saviour Jesus Christ:

  • 12 Demetrius has the approval of all men and of what is true: and we give the same witness, and you are certain that our witness is true.

  • 13 And for this cause we still give praise to God, that, when the word came to your ears through us, you took it, not as the word of man, but, as it truly is, the word of God, which has living power in you who have faith.

  • 6 Even as the witness of the Christ has been made certain among you:

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

  • 6 Which has come to you; and which in all the world is giving fruit and increase, as it has done in you from the day when it came to your ears and you had true knowledge of the grace of God;

  • 70 (As he said, by the mouth of his holy prophets, from the earliest times,)

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

  • 9 For they themselves give the news of how we came among you; and how you were turned from images to God, to the worship of a true and living God,

  • 11 Which may be seen in the good news of the glory of the great God, which was given into my care.

  • 10 You are witnesses, with God, how holy and upright and free from all evil was our way of life among you who have faith;

  • 4 But even as the good news was given to us by the approval of God, so we give it out; not as pleasing men, but God by whom our hearts are tested.