...in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us It seemed good unto me also, having had perfect understanding of all things,...those things, wherein thou hast been instructed." When St. Luke says, that many had undertaken to write histories of our Saviour, he cannot mean Matthew...

...being premised, attend, I beseech you, to the account which St. Luke gives of his own undertaking. "It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding...the very first, to write unto thee, in order, most excelle«t Theophilus, that thou mightest know the certainty of those things wherein thou hast been...

...most surely believed amongst us, even as (her/ delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eye-witnesses and ministers of the word; it seemed...of those things wherein thou hast been instructed" This short introduction testifies, that the substance of the history, which the evangelist was about...

...sorely belie red,' among. us; even as tbey.d§* . Ifvered them unto us, which from the beginning were eye-witnesses, and ministers of the . word ; it seemed...write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus/" We find, St. Luke here does not state, that an infallible inspiration dictated the language of his...

...believed among us; even. a$ they de* livered them unto us, which from the beginning were eye- witnesses, and ministers of the word ; it seemed good to me also,...having had perfect understanding of all things from the v*ry first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus." We find, St. Luke here does not...

...most surely believed amongst us, even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eye-witnesses and ministers of the word ; it seemed...of those things wherein thou hast been instructed." St. Luke also being the author of the Acts of the Apostles, we have, for the writers of these five...

...believed among us. Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were tyt-H if nesses, and ministers of the word ; it seemed good to me also,...those things, wherein thou hast been instructed." The above extract forms a sufficient proof that ft was written at a distant period from the tune in...

...are most surely believed among us, even as they delivered them unto us, who from the beginning were eye-witnesses, and ministers of the word: it seemed...understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto theein order, most excellent Theophilus, that thou mightest know the certainty of those things wherein...

...word, it seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of things from the first, to write to thee in order, most excellent Theophilus, that thou...of those things wherein thou hast been instructed." Add to this place the entrance to his history of the Acts of the Apostles : " The former treatise have...

...are most surely believed amongst us, even as they delivered unto us, which, from the beginning were eye-witnesses, and ministers of the word, it seemed...good to me also, having had perfect understanding of things from the first, to write to thee in order, most excellent Theophilus, that thou rnightest know...