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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The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach,
But he said, I am not mad, most noble Festus; but speak forth the words of truth and soberness.
But Peter rehearsed the matter from the beginning, and expounded it by order unto them, saying,
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.
Claudius Lysias unto the most excellent governor Felix sendeth greeting.
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…
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