Luke 1:1-4

The Dedication to Theophilus

1 Many have undertaken to compile a narrative about the events that have been fulfilled[a] among us,
2 just as the original eyewitnesses and servants of the word handed them down to us.
3 It also seemed good to me, since I have carefully investigated everything from the very first, to write to you in orderly sequence, most honorable Theophilus,
4 so that you may know the certainty of the things about which you have been instructed.[b]

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. Or events that have been accomplished, or events most surely believed
  • [b]. Or informed
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