Luke 1:2

Greek	καθὼς παρέδοσαν ἡμῖν οἱplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article ἀπ’ ἀρχῆςplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigἀρχή greek Meaning: * Beginning * First * Elementary * Rulers, rule, domain Noun, feminine (first declension) Occurs 56 times in the New Testament, consistently conveying the idea of primacy - whether temporal (i.e. the start, e.g. John 1:1) or causal (i.e. the source) or governmental (i.e. the ruler, e.g. Ephesians 6:12 αὐτόπται καὶplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigκαί greek Meaning * And * Also * Both * Even * Too * So Is a conjunction that connects single words or terms or sentences. IT is most frequently translated as “and” ὑπηρέται γενόμενοιplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigγίνομαι greek Meaning * To Become * To Come into being * Generate * To Happen * Brought to pass Verb. Different from εἰμί (which means “to be” - a state of existence); γίνομαι, instead, emphasizes coming to be - a transition or event.John 1:14John 1:3Matthew 6:10 τοῦplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article λόγου,plugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigλόγος Meaning * A word or words * Statement * Message * Speech * Account * Used in John to mean God the Son Masculine noun. Related to the verb λέγω. λόγος in Greek Thought Before the New Testament, λόγος already had deep philosophical use. In Greek philosophy, λόγος was the rational principle that ordered the universe, the divine reason that structured all things. In Heraclitus, λόγος referred to the unifying rational principle behind the constant change in the world.…
ESV	just as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word have delivered them to us,
NIV	just as they were handed down to us by those who from the first were eyewitnesses and servants of the word.
NLT	They used the eyewitness reports circulating among us from the early disciples.
KJV	Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word;

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