² just as they were handed down to us by those who from the first^(A) were eyewitnesses^(B) and servants of the word.^(C)

¹⁸ It was cold, and the servants and officials stood around a fire^(A) they had made to keep warm. Peter also was standing with them, warming himself.^(B)

¹⁶ ‘Now get up and stand on your feet.^(A) I have appeared to you to appoint you as a servant and as a witness of what you have seen and will see of me.^(B)

The Nature of True Apostleship

4 This, then, is how you ought to regard us: as servants^(A) of Christ and as those entrusted^(B) with the mysteries^(C) God has revealed.