Luke 1:1-4. Forasmuch as many have undertaken to set in order a narrative of the things that have been accomplished among us, even as they delivered them to us who from the beginning saw them and were ministers of the word: it seemed good to me also, having followed all things accurately from the beginning, to write to you in order, most excellent Theophilus, that you may know the truth of those words in which you have been instructed.