Luke 1:3

And, therefore, I also, since I have investigated all these events with great care from their very beginning, have resolved to write a connected history of them for you,

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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 were reported to us by those who from the beginning were eye-witnesses, and afterwards became bearers of the message.

4in order that you may be able to satisfy yourself of the accuracy of the story which you have heard from the lips of others.

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Cross References

Psalms 50:21And because I kept silence at this, you did take me for one like yourself. But I will convict you and show you plainly.

Luke 1:1To his Excellency, Theophilus. Many attempts have been already made to draw up an account of those events which have reached their conclusion among us,

Acts 11:4So Peter began to relate the facts to them as they had occurred.

Acts 15:25We met and decided to choose certain men and send them to you with our dear friends Barnabas and Paul,

Acts 23:26“Claudius Lysias sends his compliments to His Excellency Felix the Governor.

Acts 26:25‘I am not mad, your Excellency,’ he replied. ‘On the contrary, the statements that I am making are true and sober.

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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