Luke 1:3

It seemed good also to me (most noble Theophilus) assoone as I had searched out perfectly all things from the beginning, to write vnto thee thereof from point to point,

Geneva Bible 1599

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

2As they haue deliuered them vnto vs, which from the beginning saw them their selues, and were ministers of ye word,

4That thou mightest acknowledge the certaintie of those things, whereof thou hast bene instructed.

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Cross References

Psalms 50:21These things hast thou done, and I held my tongue: therefore thou thoughtest that I was like thee: but I will reproue thee, and set them in order before thee.

Luke 1:1Forasmuch as many haue taken in hand to set foorth the storie of those things, whereof we are fully persuaded,

Acts 11:4Then Peter beganne, and expounded the thing in order to them, saying,

Acts 15:25It seemed therefore good to vs, when we were come together with one accord, to send chosen men vnto you, with our beloued Barnabas and Paul,

Acts 23:26Claudius Lysias vnto the most noble Gouernour Felix sendeth greeting.

Acts 26:25But he said, I am not mad, O noble Festus, but I speake the wordes of trueth and sobernes.

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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