Luke 1:3

So it seemed good to me also, because I have accurately investigated everything from the beginning, to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus,

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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 passed down to us by those who from the first were eyewitnesses and servants of the word.

4so that you might know the certainty of the things you have been taught.

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Cross References

Psalms 50:21You have done these things, but I have kept silent, 1 so you thought that I was someone just like yourself. 1 But I will reprove you and bring up, right before your eyes, all the things you have done. 1

Luke 1:1Many have taken on the work of putting together an account of the things that have been fulfilled among us,

Acts 11:4But Peter started to explain the matter to them in detail; he said,

Acts 15:25This being so, all of us have agreed to choose men and to send them to you along with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,

Acts 23:26“Claudius Lysias to the most excellent Governor Felix, greetings.

Acts 26:25But Paul said, “I am not insane, most excellent Festus, but what I am declaring is true and rational.

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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