³ It seemed good to me, having made observation, with great care, of the direction of events in their order, to put the facts in writing for you, most noble Theophilus;

¹ I have given an earlier account, O Theophilus, of all the things which Jesus did, and of his teaching from the first,

²⁵ Then Paul said, I am not off my head, most noble Festus, but my words are true and wise.

²⁶ Claudius Lysias, to the most noble ruler, Felix, peace be with you.

³ In all things and in all places we are conscious of our great debt to you, most noble Felix.

⁴ But Peter gave them an account of it all in order, saying to them,

¹² But as for Apollos, the brother, I had a great desire for him to come to you with the brothers, but it was not his pleasure to come now; but he will come when he has a chance.

⁴⁰ But it will be better for her to keep as she is, in my opinion: and it seems to me that I have the Spirit of God.

²⁸ For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us, to put on you nothing more than these necessary things;

²⁵ It seemed good to us, having come to an agreement together, to send these men to you, with our well loved Barnabas and Paul,

¹⁹ For this reason my decision is, that we do not put trouble in the way of those who from among the Gentiles are turned to God;

¹ As a number of attempts have been made to put together in order an account of those events which took place among us,

⁹ And because the Preacher was wise he still gave the people knowledge; searching out, testing, and putting in order a great number of wise sayings.

²¹ These things have you done, and I said nothing; it seemed to you that I was such a one as yourself; but I will make a protest against you, and put them in order before your eyes.

⁵ O Lord my God, great are the wonders which you have done in your thought for us; it is not possible to put them out in order before you; when I would give an account of them, their number is greater than I may say.