4That thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou hast been instructed.
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But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.
This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in the spirit, he spake and taught diligently the things of the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John.
Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things.
Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.
Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance. …
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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