American Standard Version
"even as they delivered them unto us, who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word, "
— Luke 1:2, American Standard Version
“Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word;”
“even as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word delivered them to us,”
“like the accounts passed on to us by those who were eyewitnesses and servants of the word from the beginning.”
“According as they have delivered them unto us, who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word:”
“As they were handed down to us by those who saw them from the first and were preachers of the word,”
“Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word;”
Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to draw up a narrative concerning those matters which have been fulfilled among us,
even as they delivered them unto us, who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word,
it seemed good to me also, having traced the course of all things accurately from the first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus;
that thou mightest know the certainty concerning the things wherein thou wast instructed.
There was in the days of Herod, king of Judæa, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abijah: and he had a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.