Introduction
1 Since many have undertaken to compile an account of the things 1:1 Or on which there is full convictionaccomplished among us, 2 just as they were handed down to us by those who from the beginning 1:2 Lit becamewere eyewitnesses and 1:2 Or ministersservants of the 1:2 I.e., gospelword, 3 it seemed fitting to me as well, having 1:3 Or followedinvestigated everything carefully from the beginning, to write it out for you in an orderly sequence, most excellent Theophilus; 4 so that you may know the exact truth about the 1:4 Lit wordsthings you have been 1:4 Or orally instructed intaught.