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NASB | Luke 1:2 just as they were handed down to us by those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Luke 1:2 exactly as they were handed down to us by those [with personal experience] who from the beginning [of Christ's ministry] were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word [that is, of the teaching concerning salvation through faith in Christ], |
Subject: word of God or Word? |
Bible Note: Hi Lionstrong, Thanks for the dictionary information. It had more than my daughter's Intermediate Dictionary did. ORDER,COMMAND-don't move till I give the word. That sounds like the order of Jesus to the disciples, Luke 24:49, "And behold, I am sending forth the promise of My Father upon you; but you are to stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high." The idea of the Gospel (often capitalized) gives the idea that it is the word of God that we are speaking of here in Luke 1:2. I know that the New English Bible reads, "...following the traditions handed down to us by the original eyewitnesses and servants of the Gospel". I was comparing Luke 1:2 today with Acts 1:1 written by the same author, "The first account I composed, Theophilus, about all that Jesus began to do and teach..." I am about talked out about this verse I guess. We might go to another verse that you would dispute with me even more. The verse in Acts that I am thinking about is suggested by Luke 1:4 here, "so that you might know the exact truth about the things ["words" in the Greek] you have been taught." He seems to say that there is the truth and there is the exact truth. Here is another verse that we can talk about if we want to leave this verse of Luke. Acts 18:24, "Now a certain Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by birth, an eloquent man, came to Ephesus; and he was mighty in the Scriptures. This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he was speaking and teaching accurately the things concerning Jesus, being acquainted only with the baptism of John; and he began to speak out boldly in the synagogue. But when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained to him the way [I would suggest Way] of God more accurately." This is in comparison with Acts 19:9, "But when some were becoming hardened and disobedient, speaking evil of the Way before the multitude, he withdrew from them..." Have we rested our cases here in Luke? Thanks for the conversation we've had so far. From the heart, Ray |