uses an expression in the style of the finest Classical Greek to suggest, not simply chronological priority, but that the message had its origin in the Lord’s (i.e., Jesus’) preaching of the gospel (“announced originally” [NAB]; see Mark 1:1; 1 John 2:7, 24; 3:11; 2 John 5–6). It was confirmed to us by those who heard him (2:3c). The verb was confirmed (bebaiōthē) is a cognate of the adjective “binding” (2:2a) and has the connotation of legal validation. Especially in Luke-Acts, we see Jesus’ apostles