[a]As they have delivered them unto us, which from the beginning saw them themselves, and were ministers of the word,

It seemed good also to me ([b]most noble Theophilus) as soon as I had searched out perfectly all things [c]from the beginning, to write unto thee thereof from point to point,

That thou mightest [d]acknowledge the certainty of those things whereof thou hast been instructed.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 1:2 Luke was not an eyewitness, and therefore it was not he to whom the Lord appeared when Cleopas saw him: and he was taught not only by Paul, but by others of the Apostles also.
  2. Luke 1:3 It is most mighty, and therefore Theophilus was a very honorable man, and in place of great dignity.
  3. Luke 1:3 Luke began his Gospel a great deal farther off, than the others did.
  4. Luke 1:4 Have fuller knowledge of those things, which before thou knewest but meanly.

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