noyes@Luke:1:1 @ Inasmuch as many have undertaken to arrange a narrative of those things which are fully believed among us,
noyes@Luke:1:2 @ even as they were delivered to us by those who were eye–witnesses from the beginning and became ministers of the word,
noyes@Luke:1:3 @ it seemed good to me also, having accurately traced up all things from the first, to write to thee a connected account, most excellent Theophilus,
noyes@Luke:1:4 @ that thou mightst know the exact truth with regard to those things in which thou wast instructed.