<p>1:2 <i>Even as they delivered them to us, who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word</i>- The &quot;many&quot; of :1 who had tried to draw up a narrative of the Lord's life and work had handed their eyewitness accounts to Luke, who was now collating them. Perhaps Luke did this in preparation of evidence for Paul's trials at Caesarea and / or Rome. Luke says that the eyewitness accounts had been handed to &quot;us&quot;. He may be using the 'royal we' i.e. referring only to himself or to a group for whom he acted as inspired secretary. So Luke&rsquo;s inspired Gospel was compiled from the testimonies of &ldquo;those who from the beginning were eye-witnesses and servants of the word&rdquo; (Lk. 1:2,3). Some of the events he records could only have been told him by women; and so the Spirit accepted their witness, and encouraged them to make it because <i>God</i> accepted their witness. Only women were witnesses of the Lord's burial- yet belief in His burial is listed by Paul as an essential part of the faith. Yet the only reason the early believers had&nbsp;to believe this was the testimony of women.</p><p>Luke saw the link between the Lord&rsquo;s death and His whole life when he says that they had been &ldquo;eyewitnesses&quot; of the Lord&rsquo;s ministry, using the Greek word for autopsy- Luke saw his record of the Lord&rsquo;s life as being an autopsy of His death (Lk. 1:2). Here we find what we shall often note throughout Luke's writings- the usage of medical language.</p>