2exactly as they were handed down to us by those [with personal experience] who from the beginning [of Christ’s ministry] were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word [that is, of the teaching concerning salvation through faith in Christ],
2Reports of these things were handed down to us. There were people who saw these things for themselves from the beginning. They saw them and then passed the word on.
2Some people were present when these things started to happen. They saw everything that happened and they told us about it. They are the people who wrote down the good news for us.