Verse Comparison: Luke 1:2
American Standard Version
even as they delivered them unto us, who from the beginning wer eyewitnesses and ministers of the word,
Amplified® Bible
Exactly as they were handed down to us by those who from the [official] beginning [of Jesus' ministry] were eyewitnesses and ministers of the Word [that is, of the doctrine concerning the attainment through Christ of salvation in the kingdom of God],
Contemporary English Version
They wrote what we had been told by the ones who were there in the beginning and saw what happened.
Darby English Version
as those who from the beginning were eye-witnesses of and attendants on the Word have delivered them to us,
Good News Bible
They wrote what we have been told by those who saw these things from the beginning and who proclaimed the message.
International Standard Version
just as they were passed down to us by those who had been eyewitnesses and servants of the word from the beginning,
King James Version
Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word;
New American Standard Bible
just as they were handed down to us by those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word,
New International Version
just as they were handed down to us by those who from the first were eyewitnesses and servants of the word.
New King James Version
just as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word delivered them to us,
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
just as the eyewitnesses and servants of the word had sent us,
Young's Literal Translation
as they did deliver to us, who from the beginning became eye-witnesses, and officers of the Word, --