Luke 1:4

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

In Context

3And, 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,

5In the reign of Herod, king of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the division called after Abijah. His wife, whose name was Elizabeth, was also a descendant of Aaron.

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Cross References

Acts 18:25He had been well-instructed in the Way of the Lord, and with burning zeal he spoke of, and taught carefully, the facts about Jesus, though he knew of no baptism but John’s.

1 Corinthians 14:19But at a meeting of the church I would rather speak five words with my mind, and so teach others, than ten thousand words when using the gift of ‘tongues.’

2 Peter 1:15So I will do my best to enable you, at any time after my departure, to call these truths to mind.

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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