like the accounts ¹  passed on ²  to us by those who were eyewitnesses and servants of the word ³  from the beginning. ⁴ 

biblegateway Luk 1:2

just as they were handed down to us by those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word,

just as the original eyewitnesses and servants of the word handed them down to us.

just as those who were eyewitnesses and servants of the word from the beginning passed on to us,

biblegateway Luk 1:2

just as they were handed down to us by those who from the first were eye-witnesses and servants of the word.

just as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word have delivered them to us,

bibleoremus Luk 1:2

just as they were handed on to us by those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word,

following the traditions handed down to us by the original eyewitnesses and servants of the gospel.

biblegateway Luk 1:2

just as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word delivered them to us,

Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word;

biblegateway Luk 1:2

like the accounts ¹  passed on ²  to us by those who were eyewitnesses and servants of the word ³  from the beginning. ⁴ 

¹ tn Grk “even as”; this compares the recorded tradition of 1:1 with the original eyewitness tradition of 1:2.

² tn Or “delivered.”

³ sn The phrase eyewitnesses and servants of the word refers to a single group of people who faithfully passed on the accounts about Jesus. The language about delivery (passed on) points to accounts faithfully passed on to the early church.

⁴ tn Grk “like the accounts those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word passed on to us.” The location of “in the beginning” in the Greek shows that the tradition is rooted in those who were with Jesus from the start.