even as they delivered them unto us, who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word,

As they were handed down to us by those who saw them from the first and were preachers of the word,

καθως παρεδοσαν εις ημας οι απ' αρχης γενομενοι αυτοπται και υπηρεται του λογου,

Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word;