The New Testament authors
referred frequently to the process
of "handing on" the
Word of God to His People.
Luke 1:1-2
Since many have undertaken to compile a narrative
of the events that have been fulfilled among us, just
as
those who were eyewitnesses from the beginning and
ministers of the word have handed them down
(paredosan)
to us.
1 Corinthians 11:23
For I received from the Lord what I also handed on
(paredoka)
to you, that the Lord Jesus, on the night
he was handed over, took bread ...