Dedication to Theophilus (LUK 1:1-4)

[1:1] Inasmuch as many have undertaken to compile a narrative of the things that have been accomplished among us,

[1:2] just as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word have delivered them to us,

[1:3] it seemed good to me also, having followed all things closely for some time past, to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus,

[1:4] that you may have certainty concerning the things you have been taught.