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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 bear witness, because ye are with me from the beginning. (John 15:27)
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Heb. 2:3• 3how shall *we* escape if we have been negligent of so great salvation, which, having had its commencement in being spoken of by the Lord, has been confirmed to us by those who have heard; (Heb. 2:3)
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1 Peter 5:1• 1The elders which are among you I exhort, who am their fellow-elder and witness of the sufferings of the Christ, who also am partaker of the glory about to be revealed: (1 Peter 5:1)
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2 Peter 1:16• 16For we have not made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, following cleverly imagined fables, but having been eyewitnesses of *his* majesty. (2 Peter 1:16)
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1 John 1:1• 1That which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes; that which we contemplated, and our hands handled, concerning the word of life; (1 John 1:1)
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Rom. 15:16• 16for me to be minister of Christ Jesus to the nations, carrying on as a sacrificial service the message of glad tidings of God, in order that the offering up of the nations might be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit. (Rom. 15:16)
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Eph. 3:7• 7of which I am become minister according to the gift of the grace of God given to me, according to the working of his power. (Eph. 3:7)
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Eph. 4:11‑12• 11and *he* has given some apostles, and some prophets, and some evangelists, and some shepherds and teachers,
 12for the perfecting of the saints; with a view to the work of the ministry, with a view to the edifying of the body of Christ; (Eph. 4:11‑12)

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Luke 24:48• 48And *ye* are witnesses of these things. (Luke 24:48)
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Mark 1:1• 1Beginning of the glad tidings of Jesus Christ, Son of God; (Mark 1:1)
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John 15:27• 27and ye too bear witness, because ye are with me from the beginning. (John 15:27)
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Acts 1:3,8,21‑22• 3to whom also he presented himself living, after he had suffered, with many proofs; being seen by them during forty days, and speaking of the things which concern the kingdom of God;
 8but ye will receive power, the Holy Spirit having come upon you, and ye shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.
 21It is necessary therefore, that of the men who have assembled with us all the time in which the Lord Jesus came in and went out among us,
 22beginning from the baptism of John until the day in which he was taken up from us, one of these should be a witness with us of his resurrection. (Acts 1:3,8,21‑22)
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Acts 4:20• 20for as for us *we* cannot refrain from speaking of the things which we have seen and heard. (Acts 4:20)
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Acts 10:39‑41• 39*We* also are witnesses of all things which he did both in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem; whom they also slew, having hanged him on a cross.
 40This man God raised up the third day and gave him to be openly seen,
 41not of all the people, but of witnesses who were chosen before of God, *us* who have eaten and drunk with him after he arose from among the dead. (Acts 10:39‑41)
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Heb. 2:3• 3how shall *we* escape if we have been negligent of so great salvation, which, having had its commencement in being spoken of by the Lord, has been confirmed to us by those who have heard; (Heb. 2:3)
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1 Peter 5:1• 1The elders which are among you I exhort, who am their fellow-elder and witness of the sufferings of the Christ, who also am partaker of the glory about to be revealed: (1 Peter 5:1)
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1 John 1:1‑3• 1That which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes; that which we contemplated, and our hands handled, concerning the word of life;
 2(and the life has been manifested, and we have seen, and bear witness, and report to you the eternal life, which was with the Father, and has been manifested to us:)
 3that which we have seen and heard we report to you, that *ye* also may have fellowship with us; and our fellowship is indeed 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, for this purpose have I appeared to thee, to appoint thee to be a servant and a witness both of what thou hast seen, and of what I shall appear to thee in, (Acts 26:16)
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Rom. 15:16• 16for me to be minister of Christ Jesus to the nations, carrying on as a sacrificial service the message of glad tidings of God, in order that the offering up of the nations might be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit. (Rom. 15:16)
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Eph. 3:7‑8• 7of which I am become minister according to the gift of the grace of God given to me, according to the working of his power.
 8To me, less than the least of all saints, has this grace been given, to announce among the nations the glad tidings of the unsearchable riches of the Christ, (Eph. 3:7‑8)
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Eph. 4:11‑12• 11and *he* has given some apostles, and some prophets, and some evangelists, and some shepherds and teachers,
 12for the perfecting of the saints; with a view to the work of the ministry, with a view to the edifying of the body of Christ; (Eph. 4:11‑12)
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Col. 1:23‑25• 23if indeed ye abide in the faith founded and firm, and not moved away from the hope of the glad tidings, which ye have heard, which have been proclaimed in the whole creation which is under heaven, of which *I* Paul became minister.
 24Now, I rejoice in sufferings for you, and I fill up that which is behind of the tribulations of Christ in my flesh, for his body, which is the assembly;
 25of which *I* became minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given me towards 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,

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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.)