Luke 1:4

thou best Theofile, that thou knowe the treuthe of tho wordis, of whiche thou art lerned.

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

In Context

3bitaken, it is seen also to me, hauynge alle thingis diligentli bi ordre, to write to thee,

5In the daies of Eroude, kyng of Judee, ther was a prest, Sakarie bi name, of the sorte of Abia, and his wijf was of the douytris of Aaron, and hir name was Elizabeth.

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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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