Luke 1:2 (BSB)
just as they were handed down to us by the initial eyewitnesses and servants of the word.
Commentary on Luke 1:2
- Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Luke 1:1-4: Complimental prefaces and dedications, the language of flattery and the food and fuel of pride, are justly condemned by the wise and good; but it doth not therefore follow, that such as are useful and instructive are to be run down; such is this, in which St.
- John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Luke 1:2: Even as they delivered them unto us,.... By whom the evangelist means, as appears from the after description of them, the twelve apostles, and seventy disciples; who handed down to others the accounts of the birth, life, and death of Christ; and according to which the above Christians proposed to write: which from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word; either of the...
- Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Luke 1:2: from the beginning--that is, of His public ministry, as is plain from what follows.
- Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Luke 1:2: Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word; (b) Luke was not any eye witness, and therefore it was not he to whom the Lord appeared when Cleopas saw him: and he was taught not only by Paul, but by others of the apostles also.