Luke 1:3

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,

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2Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word;

4That thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou hast been instructed.

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Cross References

Psalms 50:21These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.

Luke 1:1Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us,

Acts 11:4But Peter rehearsed the matter from the beginning, and expounded it by order unto them, saying,

Acts 15:25It seemed good unto us, being assembled with one accord, to send chosen men unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,

Acts 23:26Claudius Lysias unto the most excellent governor Felix sendeth greeting.

Acts 26:25But he said, I am not mad, most noble Festus; but speak forth the words of truth and soberness.

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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