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Luke 1:2
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, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the Word,
Verse Luke 1:2. _EVEN AS THEY DELIVERED THEM UNTO US, WHICH FROM THE_ _BEGINNING WERE EYE-WITNESSES_] Probably this alludes to the Gospels of _Matthew_ and _Mark_, which it is likely were written bef...
AS THEY DELIVERED THEM - As they narrated them. As they gave an account of them. FROM THE BEGINNING - From the commencement of these things - that is, from the birth of John, or perhaps from the begi...
THE GOSPEL OF LUKE Analysis and Annotations I. The Birth and Childhood -- Chapter 1-2:52 CHAPTER 1 _ 1. The Introduction. (Luke 1:1)_ 2. Zacharias and Elizabeth; the Vision. (Luke 1:5) 3. John th...
PREFACE. The writer, influenced by the attempts of others to record the primitive tradition of Christianity as it was handed down by the first generation of disciples, essays the same task, and having...
AN HISTORIAN'S INTRODUCTION (Luke 1:1-4)...
Since many have set their hands to the task of drawing up an account of the events which were completed amongst us, telling the story just as those who were the original eye-witnesses and who became t...
FROM. Greek _apo._ App-104. FROM THE BEGINNING. Greek. _ap' arches;_ i.e. from the birth or ministry of the Lord. Compare John 15:27; Acts 1:1; Acts 1:21;...
_even as they delivered them unto us, which_ The English version is here ambiguous; and the way in which it is often read shews how completely it is misunderstood. It does not mean -that the writers o...
Luke 1:1-4. Introduction _Forasmuch as_ This brief preface is in several respects most interesting and important. i. It is the only personal introduction to any historic book in the Bible except the...
Luke 1:1-4. INTRODUCTION This brief preface is in several respects most interesting and important. Ewald rightly says that in its simplicity, brevity and modesty it is a model preface. i. It is the on...
ΚΑΘῺΣ ΠΑΡΈΔΟΣΑΝ ἩΜΙ͂Ν. i.e. ‘_of the things believed among us_, as the original eye-witnesses delivered them to us.’ There is no necessity to render καθώς ‘even as.’ The _even_ was introduced by Tynda...
VER 1. FOR A SMUCH AS MANY HAVE TAKEN IN HAND TO SET FORTH IN ORDER A DECLARATION OF THOSE THINGS WHICH ARE MOST SURELY BELIEVED AMONG US, 2. EVEN AS THEY DELIVERED THEM TO US, WHICH FROM THE BEGINNIN...
_LUKE'S INSPIRED PREFACE FOR THIS GOSPEL -- LUKE 1:1-4:_ Many people had taken it upon themselves to try to write a narrative of what God had done among the Jews and during the days of the early churc...
ΠΑΡΈΔΟΣΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΠΑΡΑΔΊΔΩΜΙ (G3860) доставлять, передавать как в устной, так и в письменной форме (Ellis; ВВС), ΑΎΤΌΠΤΑΙ _пот. pl. от_ ΑΎΤΌΠΤΗΣ (G845) очевидец, человек, который что-л. в...
FORASMUCH, &C.— _Forasmuch as many have undertaken to compose a narrative of those things which have been accomplished amongst us,_ Luke 1:2 _as they who were from the beginning eye witnesses, and aft...
MINISTERS OF THE WORD;— Some have supposed, that by _the word,_ St. Luke meant Christ himself. See John 1:1. Others however underhand by _the word,_ the transactions of our Lord's public life or the g...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 1 The Precise Record (Luke 1:1-4) 1 Inasmuch as many have undertaken to compile a narrative of the things which have been accomplished among us, 2just as they were delivere...
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, WHICH FROM THE BEGINNING [ ap' (G575) archees (G746)...
1 Many biographies of the life of our blessed Lord were composed during the lifetime of those who had known Him. Luke had exceptional opportunities for such a work and proposes to write an account whi...
1:2 attendants (c-11) _ Huperetes_ . see Note, 1 Corinthians 4:1 ....
EVEN AS] i.e. these narratives were in exact accordance with the evidence of the eyewitnesses. EYEWITNESSES] i.e. mainly the Apostles themselves, perhaps also the seventy disciples....
BIRTH OF JOHN. THE ANNUNCIATION 1-4. Preface. To write a preface to a history is not a Jewish, but a classical custom, and by following it St. Luke shows himself a true Gentile, trained in Greek cult...
LUKE’S GOOD NEWS LUKE _HILDA BRIGHT_ THE AUTHOR Luke wrote two books of the *New Testament (NT). Luke’s *Gospel tells the story of the life and work of Jesus. Luke’s second book, Acts, continues...
EVEN AS THEY DELIVERED THEM UNTO US. — There is something noticeable in the candour with which the writer disclaims the character of an eyewitness. The word “delivered” is the same as that used by St....
CHAPTER 1 THE GENESIS OF THE GOSPEL. THE four walls and the twelve gates of the Seer looked in different directions, but together they guarded, and opened into, one City of God. So the four Gospels l...
_The preface_....
καθὼς implies that the basis of these many _written_ narratives was the παράδοσις of the Apostles, which, by contrast, and by the usual meaning of the word, would be mainly though not necessarily excl...
THE BEGINNING OF THE GOOD NEWS Luke 1:1-12 The opening verses are very explicit. They are answer enough to those who question the story of our Lord's supernatural birth and early years. Luke did not...
(b) 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...
THE INTRODUCTION Luke 1:1-4. “Since indeed many have undertaken to set forth a narrative concerning the things which have been fulfilled among us, as those being eye-witnesses from the beginning and m...
“ _Since, as is known, many have undertaken to compose a narrative of the events which have been accomplished amongst us_, (2) _in conformity with that which they have handed down to us who were eye-w...
(1) Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us, (2) Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning...
The preface of Luke's gospel is as instructive as the introduction of either of the two preceding gospels. It is obvious to any serious reader that we enter a totally different province, though all be...
Many had undertaken to give an account of that which was historically received among Christians, as related to them by the companions of Jesus; and Luke thought it well having followed these things fr...
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...
Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word; Ver. 2. _Which from the beginning were eyewitnesses_] Therefore it may seem his Gospel was...
_Forasmuch as many have taken in hand_ Who they were to whom the apostle here alludes, who had, from vague reports, (for so his words seem to imply,) rashly published narratives not entirely to be dep...
THEY; the persons who were eye-witnesses. FROM THE BEGINNING; the beginning of the things which they described. MINISTERS OF THE WORD; preachers of the gospel....
LUKE'S GOSPEL WRITTEN FOR A GENTILE RULER (vs.1-4) Luke's introduction shows that, though he was concerned about giving exact information in this letter to Theophilus, he had not thought of being an...
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Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III Thus also does Luke, without respect of persons, deliver to us what he had learned from them, as he has himself testified, saying, "Even as they delivered them unto...
Luke 1:2 as G2531 who G3588 from G575 beginning G746 were G1096 (G5637) eyewitnesses G845 and G2532 ministers...
‘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 to us, who from the beginning were eyewitnesses an...
INTRODUCTION (1:1-4). In approaching this introduction we should recognise that it conforms with literary practise in the world of Luke's day. Josephus in ‘Against Appion' opens his writings similarl...
Luke 1:2. THEY DELIVERED THEM, or, ‘handed them down.' The _oral_ instruction of the Apostles is here referred to. From this (see Luke 1:4) the writ-ten accounts of the ‘many ‘were drawn up. Oral trad...
This PREFACE is a model of brevity, simplicity, and modesty, as well as of purity and dignity of style. It does not contain expressions of Hebrew origin, and, like most prefaces, it is formal and high...
EVEN AS (καθως). This particle was condemned by the Atticists though occurring occasionally from Aristotle on. It is in the papyri. Luke asserts that the previous narratives had their sound basis.D...
CONTENTS: Birth of John the Baptist foretold. Virgin birth of Jesus foretold. Mary's visit to Elizabeth. Mary's praise because of Jehovah's favor. Birth of John the Baptist. CHARACTERS: Holy Spirit,...
Luke 1:1. _Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things,_ which within a short compass of years have been acted and accomplished among us. In the first age,...
DEAR THEOPHILUS. The name means _"one who loves God."_ Acts is also addressed to him. We know nothing more about him. MANY HAVE DONE THEIR BEST. It is human nature to write down important things and s...
_Forasmuch as many have taken in hand_ ST. LUKE’S PREFACE These four verses arc a preface, and a very valuable preface, because they are a declaration from the author himself of the manner in which...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 1:2 The sources for Luke were EYEWITNESSES AND MINISTERS, especially the faithful 11 of the 12 apostles (Luke 6:13). DELIVERED.
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 1:1 The Prologue. The prologue to Luke’s Gospel is a single sentence. It is among the finest Greek writing of the first century and demonstrates Luke’s skill as a writer....
_Which from the beginning were eye-witnesses_, &c. _Ipsi viderunt_, Vulgate. _αυ̉τόπται καὶ ύπηζέται γενόμενοι το̃υ λόγου_, Greek: that is who were eyewitnesses (_oculares spectactores_) and minister...
S. LUKE'S GOSPEL Third Edition J OHN H ODGES, AGAR STREET, CHARING CROSS, LONDON. 1892. INTRODUCTION. . T HE _Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ, according to S. Luke_, that is, the Holy Evangelical H...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Luke 1:1. MANY.—St. Luke cannot here refer exclusively to the works of the other evangelists. He alludes to narratives drawn up by writers who derived their information from the testi...
EXPOSITION THE origin of the Gospels—the four histories which relate in detail the circumstances of the foundation of Christianity—will ever be an interesting study. Here we shall never know the exact...
Luke, the author of this third gospel, was called by Paul the apostle "the beloved physician." There is some speculation that his patron was a man by the name of Theophilus. In those days physicians w...
1 John 1:1; 1 Peter 5:1; Acts 1:21; Acts 1:22; Acts 1:3;...
Even as. Referring to the composition of the narrative. Delivered [π α ρ ε δ ο σ α ν]. Not necessarily excluding written traditions, but referring mainly to oral tradition. Note the distinction betwee...
THE SEVEN MAGNIFICATS _ Selections from Luke 1:1_ _and Luke 2:1_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS By way of introduction to the seven Magnificats, we will study the annunciation of the birth of Christ, as it was...
THE SEVEN MAGNIFICATS _Selections from Luke 1:1 and Luke 2:1_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS By way of introduction to the seven Magnificats, we will study the annunciation of the birth of Christ, as it was giv...