it seemed best to me also--[because I] have followed all [things] carefully from the beginning--to write [them] down in orderly sequence for you, most excellent Theophilus,

the {Babylonians} and all of the Chaldeans, Pekod and Shoa and Koa, all of the {Assyrians} [along] with them, {handsome young men}, governors and prefects, all of them adjutants {and excellent horsemen}.

Both in every [way] and everywhere we acknowledge [this], most excellent Felix, with all gratitude.

But Paul said, "I am not out of my mind, most excellent Festus, but am speaking words of truth and rationality.

But strive for the greater gifts. And I will show you a still more excellent way.

{because} [there] was found in him [an] excellent spirit and understanding and insight [for] interpreting dreams and explaining riddles and solving riddles; [that is], in Daniel {whom the king named} Belteshazzar. Now, let Daniel be called and he will tell the explanation."

And I have heard that a spirit of the gods [is] in you and enlightenment and insight and excellent wisdom was found in you.

having become by so much better than the angels, by as much as he has inherited a more excellent name than theirs.

But now he has attained a more excellent ministry, by as much as he is also mediator of a better covenant which has been enacted upon better promises.