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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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AN HISTORIAN'S INTRODUCTION (Luke 1:1-4)...
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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;...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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)...
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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...
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1:2 attendants (c-11) _ Huperetes_ . see Note, 1 Corinthians 4:1 ....
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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_The preface_....
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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...
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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...
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(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...
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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...
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“ _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...
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(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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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....
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THE PREFACE TO THE GOSPEL. Luke 1:1...
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EVEN AS THEY DELIVERED THEM UNTO US, WHICH FROM THE BEGINNING WERE
EYEWITNESSES AND MINISTERS OF THE WORD,...
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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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SEE POOLE ON "LUKE 1:1...
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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...
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Luke 1:2 as G2531 who G3588 from G575 beginning G746 were G1096
(G5637) eyewitnesses G845 and G2532 ministers...
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‘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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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,...
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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...
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_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...
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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.
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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....
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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1 John 1:1; 1 Peter 5:1; Acts 1:21; Acts 1:22; Acts 1:3;...
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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...
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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...
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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...