Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us, Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word;
Explain: Luke begins his gospel by explaining that he is not doing something new. He was not an eyewitness himself, but a Gentile physician who became a companion of Paul, but he is passing on the work of the eyewitnesses, servants of the Word.
The idea of being ministers of the Word immediately helps us to see that Paul was no mere
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The Truth Creates Certainty
Luke 1:3–4 KJV
It 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, That thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou hast been instructed.
