Luke 1:3

it seemed good to me also, having accurately traced up all things from the first, to write to thee a connected account, 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

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

4that thou mightst know the exact truth with regard to those things in which thou wast instructed.

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Cross References

Psalms 50:21These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; Hence thou thoughtest that I was altogether like thyself: But I will reprove thee, and set it in order before thine eyes.

Luke 1:1Inasmuch as many have undertaken to arrange a narrative of those things which are fully believed among us,

Acts 11:4But Peter rehearsed the matter to them in order from the beginning, saying,

Acts 15:25it seemed good to us, having become of one mind, to choose men and send them to you, with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,

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

Acts 26:25But he saith, I am not mad, most noble 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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