Preface to Luke's Gospel
§ 1
Part I · Events connected with the birth and childhood of our Lord
Luke
Luke 1:1–4
1 Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed 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 had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus, 4 That thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou hast been instructed.
From Edward Robinson’s Harmony of the Four Gospels (1846).