it seemed good also to me, having followed from the first after all things exactly, to write to thee in order, most noble Theophilus,

The former account, indeed, I made concerning all things, O Theophilus, that Jesus began both to do and to teach,

'Claudius Lysias, to the most noble governor Felix, hail:

always, also, and everywhere we receive it, most noble Felix, with all thankfulness;

and he saith, 'I am not mad, most noble Festus, but of truth and soberness the sayings I speak forth;