Luke 1:4

I have done this Theophilus, Your Excellency, so you can be certain that what you were taught is completely reliable.

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In The King James Version

That thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou hast been instructed.

In Context

3and so I also decided that since I have followed these things very carefully from the beginning, it would be a good idea to write out an accurate account of all that happened.

5During the time when Herod was king of Judea, there was a priest called Zechariah, who came from the Abijah priestly division. He was married to Elizabeth, who was also descended from Aaron the priest.

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Cross References

Acts 18:25He had been taught the way of the Lord. He was spiritually passionate, and in his speaking and teaching he presented Jesus accurately, but he only knew about John's baptism.

1 Corinthians 14:19But in church I would rather speak five understandable words to teach others than ten thousand words in a tongue nobody understands.

2 Peter 1:15I will do my best so that when I'm gone you will always be able to remember these things.

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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