Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word;
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Gill's Exposition
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…
Barnes' Notes
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…
Adam Clarke
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 before St. Luke wrote his,…
Complimental prefaces and dedications, the language of flattery and the food and fuel of pride, are justly condemned by the wise and good; but it doth not therefore follow, that such as are useful and…
Cambridge Bible
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 of…
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