Luke 1:3
Therefore, having carefully investigated everything from the beginning, it seemed good also to me to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus,
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2just as they were handed down to us by the initial eyewitnesses and servants of the word.
4so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught.
Cross References
Psalms 50:21You have done these things, and I kept silent; you thought I was just like you. But now I rebuke you and accuse you to your face.
Luke 1:1Many have undertaken to compose an account of the things that have been fulfilled among us,
Acts 11:4But Peter began and explained to them the whole sequence of events:
Acts 15:25So we all agreed to send chosen men to you along with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,
Acts 23:26Claudius Lysias, To His Excellency, Governor Felix: Greetings.
Acts 26:25But he answered, “I am not insane, most excellent Festus; 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 →