Luke 1:1-4 - The Preface To Luke's Gospel
1 Many writers have undertaken to compose accounts of the movement which has developed among us, 2 just as the original eye-witnesses who became teachers of the message have handed it down to us. 3 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, 4 so that you may be reliably informed about the things you have been taught.