Luke 1

3 it seemed good to me also, most excellent Theophilus,*‘Theophilus’ means ‘God-lover’; although Luke is evidently addressing a specific person, I would like to think that the account is also addressed to all lovers of God. having taken careful note of everything from Above,*The normal meaning of the Greek word here, ανωθεν, is precisely ‘from above’, and I see no reason to reject that meaning (although the secondary meaning ‘from the beginning’ is possible). The more so since in the prior verse he already used the normal phrase, απ αρχη, that means ‘from the beginning’. I take it that Luke is claiming divine inspiration, up front. to write to you with precision and in sequence,*In fact, with a few exceptions Luke’s narrative is in chronological sequence, and as a physician he doubtless valued precision.