Luke 1:1-4

Introduction

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1} Inasmuch as many have undertaken to compile an account of the things ^(a)^(A)accomplished among us, ^{Tools
2} just as they were handed down to us by those who ^(B)from the beginning ^(b)were ^(C)eyewitnesses and ^(c)^(D)servants of ^(E)the ^(d)word, ^{Tools
3} it seemed fitting for me as well, ^(F)having ^(e)investigated everything carefully from the beginning, to write it out for you ^(G)in consecutive order, ^(H)most excellent ^(I)Theophilus; ^{Tools
4} so that you may know the exact truth about the things you have been ^(f)^(J)taught.

Footnotes:

a. Luke 1:1: ['Or ', on which there is full conviction]

b. Luke 1:2: ['Lit ', became]

c. Luke 1:2: ['Or ', ministers]

d. Luke 1:2: ['I.e. gospel']

e. Luke 1:3: ['Or ', followed]

f. Luke 1:4: ['Or ', orally instructed in]

Cross references:

A. Luke 1:1: Romans 4:21; Romans 14:5; Colossians 2:2; Colossians 4:12; 1 Thessalonians 1:5; 2 Timothy 4:17; Hebrews 6:11; Hebrews 10:22

B. Luke 1:2: John 15:27

C. Luke 1:2: 2 Peter 1:16; 1 John 1:1

D. Luke 1:2: Acts 26:16; 1 Corinthians 4:1; Hebrews 2:3

E. Luke 1:2: Mark 4:14; Mark 16:20; Acts 8:4; Acts 14:25; Acts 16:6; Acts 17:11

F. Luke 1:3: 1 Timothy 4:6

G. Luke 1:3: Acts 11:4; Acts 18:23

H. Luke 1:3: Acts 23:26; Acts 24:3; Acts 26:25

I. Luke 1:3: Acts 1:1

J. Luke 1:4: Acts 18:25; Romans 2:18; 1 Corinthians 14:19; Galatians 6:6