11 Inasmuch as many have undertaken to compile an account of the things [1] accomplished among us, 2 just as they were handed down to us by those who from the beginning [2]were eyewitnesses and [3] servants of the [4]word , 3 it seemed fitting for me as well , having [5]investigated everything carefully from the beginning , to write it out for you in consecutive order , most excellent Theophilus ; 4 so that you may know the exact truth about the things you have been [6] taught .
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Luke 1:1-4
Commentary on Luke 1:1-4
(Read Luke 1:1-4)
Luke will not write of things about which Christians may safely differ from one another, and hesitate within themselves; but the things which are, and ought to be surely believed. The doctrine of Christ is what the wisest and best of men have ventured their souls upon with confidence and satisfaction. And the great events whereon our hopes depend, have been recorded by those who were from the beginning eye-witnesses and ministers of the word, and who were perfected in their understanding of them through Divine inspiration.