Luke 1:3

so it seemed good to me also, having diligently followed everything from the beginning, to write to you, in an orderly manner, most excellent Theophilus,

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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

2just as they have been handed on to those of us who from the beginning saw the same and were ministers of the word,

4so that you might know the truthfulness of those words by which you have been instructed.

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Cross References

Psalms 50:21Then you will accept the sacrifice of justice, oblations, and holocausts. Then they will lay calves upon your altar.

Luke 1:1Since, indeed, many have attempted to set in order a narrative of the things that have been completed among us,

Acts 11:4And Peter began to explain to them, in an orderly manner, saying:

Acts 15:25it pleased us, being assembled as one, to choose men and to send them to you, with our most beloved Barnabas and Paul:

Acts 23:26“Claudius Lysias, to the most excellent governor, Felix: greetings.

Acts 26:25And Paul said: “I am not insane, most excellent Festus, but rather I am speaking words of truth and sobriety.

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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