Luke 1:3 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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³It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus,

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Cross-References

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Acts 1:1
The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach,
Acts 26:25
But he said, I am not mad, most noble Festus; but speak forth the words of truth and soberness.
Acts 11:4
But Peter rehearsed the matter from the beginning, and expounded it by order unto them, saying,
Ecclesiastes 12:9
And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.
Acts 23:26
Claudius Lysias unto the most excellent governor Felix sendeth greeting.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-4)

Complimental prefaces and dedications, the language of flattery and the food and fuel of pride, are justly condemned by the wise and good; but it doth not therefore follow, that such as are useful and instructive are to be run down; such is this, in which St. Luke dedicates his gospel to his friend Theophilus, not as to his patron, though he was a man of honour, to protect it, but as to his pupil,…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 3)

3. from the very first--that is, from the very earliest events; referring to those precious details of the birth and early life, not only of our Lord, but of His forerunner, which we owe to Luke alone. in order--or “consecutively”--in contrast, probably, with the disjointed productions to which he had referred. But this must not be pressed too far; for, on comparing it with the other Gospels, we s…