ÒMany have undertaken to draw up an account
of the things that have been fulfilled
among us, just as they
were handed down to us by those
who from the first were eyewitnesses and
servants of the word. Therefore,
since I myself have
carefully investigated everything from
the beginning, it seemed good also to me to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus, so that you may
know the certainty of
the things you have been taught.Ó
Ð Luke 1:1-4