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,”
Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us,
Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word;
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,
That thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou hast been instructed.
There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.
Cross-References
“The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach,”
“But he said, I am not mad, most noble Festus; but speak forth the words of truth and soberness.”
“The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach,”
“But Peter rehearsed the matter from the beginning, and expounded it by order unto them, saying,”
“Claudius Lysias unto the most excellent governor Felix sendeth greeting.”