^{1 Ref} Seeing that many did take in hand to set in order a narration of the matters that have been fully assured among us,

^{2 Ref} as they did deliver to us, who from the beginning became eye-witnesses, and officers of the Word, --

^{3 Ref} it seemed good also to me, having followed from the first after all things exactly, to write to thee in order, most noble Theophilus,

^{4 Ref} that thou mayest know the certainty of the things wherein thou wast instructed.