Luke 1:3

it seemed good to me also, having obtained exact information of all things from the very first, to write them in order for you, most excellent Theophilus,

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus,

In Context

2even as they were delivered to us by those who were, from the beginning, eye-witnesses and ministers of the word;

4that you might know the certainty of the things in which you have been instructed.

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Cross References

Luke 1:1Since many have undertaken to compose a history of the things that are fully believed among us,

Acts 11:4And Peter began, and laid the matter before them in order, saying:

Acts 15:25it has seemed good to us, having come together with one mind, to send chosen men to you, with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,

Acts 23:26Claudius Lysias to the most excellent governor, Felix, greeting:

Acts 26:25But he replied: I am not mad, most excellent Festus, but speak forth the words of truth and soberness.

Matthew Henry on Luke 1:2-5

Luke We are now entering into the labours of another evangelist; his name Luke, which some take to be a contraction of Lucilius; born at Antioch, so St. Jerome. Some think that he was the only one of all the penmen of the scripture that was not of the seed of Israel. He was a Jewish proselyte, and, as some conjecture, converted to Christianity by the ministry of St. Paul at Antioch; and after his coming into Macedonia ( Acts xvi. 10 ) he was his constant companion. He had employed himself in the study and practice… Read the whole commentary →

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