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Luk 1:2. Παρέδοσαυ ἡυῖν, they have delivered to us) to me, and to the other companions of the apostles.-ἀπʼ ἀρχῆς, from the beginning) It was not from Paul alone, who was converted after the beginning, that Luke received his information.-αὐτόπται καὶ ὑπηρέται) They themselves saw [αὐτὸς ὄπτεσθαι being the components of αὐτόπτης], and, what is more, ministered. So also Paul was a minister and witness: Act 26:16; so also the mother of our Lord herself, Mary: Act 1:14. There were many such witnesses, advanced in years, and so of the highest authority [for instance, the twelve apostles, the seventy disciples, Mary Magdalene, and several more.-V. g.]: 1Co 15:6; Rom 16:7. It was such as these themselves, and the companions of such, who wrote the books of the New Testament. No room was left for doubting.-τοῦ λόγου, of the word) Act 10:36. This one ‘word’ embraces many ‘words,’ Luk 1:4 [ὧν κατηχήθης λόγων: subjects of instruction].