Luke 1:3

it has seemed good to *me* also, accurately acquainted from the origin with all things, to write to thee with method, most excellent Theophilus,

Darby Translation

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

2as those who from the beginning were eye-witnesses of and attendants on the Word have delivered them to us,

4that thou mightest know the certainty of those things in which thou hast been instructed.

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Cross References

Psalms 50:21These [things] hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether as thyself: [but] I will reprove thee, and set [them] in order before thine eyes.

Luke 1:1Forasmuch as many have undertaken to draw up a relation concerning the matters fully believed among us,

Acts 11:4But Peter began and set forth [the matter] to them in order, saying,

Acts 15:25it seemed good to us, having arrived at a common judgment, 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 Paul said, I am not mad, most excellent Festus, but utter 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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