Luke 1:3

It seemed good to me also, having carefully investigated all these things from the very beginning, to write to you an orderly account, 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 have been delivered to us, by those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word;

4That you might know the certainty of those things, about which you have been instructed.

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Cross References

Luke 1:1Since many have undertaken to set forth in order a narrative of those things which have happened among us,

Acts 11:4But Peter related the matter from the beginning, and explained it to them in order, saying,

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

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

Acts 26:25But he said, I am not mad, most noble Festus; but speak forth 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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