autoptes identifies people who were present from the beginning and then delivered the account.

The attested use identifies a group present from the beginning who subsequently delivered what they had witnessed.

1. Those present who delivered an account · dominant

   In Luke 1:2, the nominative plural masculine form identifies those who were present "from the beginning" and who "became servants of the word" before delivering matters to others; the APB renders the clause "those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses."

   Luke 1:2

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Luke 1:2, the APB presents the group as "eyewitnesses" from the beginning; as a translation.