Luke 1:2

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 between the many who attempted to draw up a narrative and the eye witnesses and ministers who handed down the facts.

From the beginning [α π α ρ χ η ς]. The official beginning, the commencement of Jesus ' ministry. Compare Acts 1:1; Acts 1:21; Acts 1:22; John 14:27. Eye witnesses and ministers. Personal knowledge and practical experience were necessary elements of an apostle. Eye witnesses [α υ τ ο π τ α ι]. Only here in New Testament. Peter uses another word, ejpoptai (2 Peter 1:16). Frequent in medical writers, of a personal examination of disease or of the parts of the body. Compare the modern medical term autopsy. Ministers [υ π η ρ ε τ α ι]. See on Matthew 5:25. In medical language denoting the attendants or assistants of the principal physician.