Theophilus in the Bible

Meaning: friend of God

Exact Match

Your Excellency Theophilus: Since so many people have undertaken the task of compiling a narrative of events that have happened among us,

most excellent Theophilus, that thou mayst know the certainty of the things wherein thou hast been instructed.

Thematic Bible



Many writers have undertaken to compose accounts of the movement which has developed among us, just as the original eye-witnesses who became teachers of the message have handed it down to us. For that reason, Theophilus, and because I have investigated it all carefully from the beginning, I have determined to write a connected account of it for Your Excellency, read more.
so that you may be reliably informed about the things you have been taught.

In my first volume, Theophilus, I dealt with all that Jesus did and taught from the beginning until the day when through the holy Spirit he gave the apostles he had chosen their instructions, and was taken up to heaven.


For that reason, Theophilus, and because I have investigated it all carefully from the beginning, I have determined to write a connected account of it for Your Excellency,

In my first volume, Theophilus, I dealt with all that Jesus did and taught from the beginning


References

Hastings

Easton

American

Fausets

Morish

Smith

Watsons