A HARMONY OF THE GOSPELS
FOR STUDENTS OF THE LIFE OF CHRIST
PART I
THE SOURCES OF THE GOSPELS
§ 1. IN THE DEDICATION LUKE EXPLAINS HIS METHOD OF RESEARCHa
Luke 1:1-4
1 Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to draw up a narrative concerning those matters which have been 1fulfilled among us, 2 even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word, 3 it seemed good to me also, having traced the course of all things accurately from the first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus;b 4 that thou mightest know the certainty concerning the 2things 3wherein thou wast instructed.
1 Or, fully establish.
2 Gr. words.