Luke 1:2
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word;”
λόγος
In Greek thought, the logos was the rational principle holding the universe together. John opens his Gospel with this word — not as a concept, but as a person. In the beginning was the Word. Before anything existed, the Word already was.
παραδίδωμι
delivered them
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παραδίδωμι
To hand over, to betray, to deliver up. He was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life for our justification. The delivering of Jesus was the saving of the world.
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γίνομαι
having been
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γίνομαι
To become, to come into being, to happen. Ginomai. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. What is true in heaven is meant to become true on earth through prayer.
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ὑπηρέτης
servants
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ὑπηρέτης
an under-oarsman, i.e. (generally) subordinate (assistant, sexton, constable)
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καθώς
even as
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καθώς
just (or inasmuch) as, that
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