Luke 1:3
it seemed proper for me also, as I had examined them all accurately, to write out the whole, methodically, for thee, excellent Theophilus:
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
2as they delivered them to us, who from the first were eye-witnesses and ministers of the word;
4that thou mayest know the truth of the statements, which thou hast been taught.
Cross References
Luke 1:1SINCE many have been disposed to write narratives of those events, of which we have full assurance,
Acts 11:4And Simon began to address them methodically:
Acts 15:25Therefore we all have thought fit, when assembled, to choose and send men to you, with our beloved Paul and Barnabas,
Acts 23:26Claudius Lysias to the excellent governor Felix; greeting.
Acts 26:25Paul replied to him: I am not deranged, excellent Festus; but speak words of truth and rectitude.
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 →