World English Bible
"even as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word delivered them to us,"
— Luke 1:2, World English Bible
“Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word;”
“even as they delivered them unto us, who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word, ”
“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;”
Since many have undertaken to set in order a narrative concerning those matters which have been fulfilled among us,
even as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word delivered them to us,
it seemed good to me also, having traced the course of all things accurately from the first, to write to you in order, most excellent Theophilus;
that you might know the certainty concerning the things in which you were instructed.
There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the priestly division of Abijah. He had a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.