Luke 1:1

¶ Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us,

Forasmuch {G1895} as many {G4183} have taken in hand {G2021} to set forth in order {G392} a declaration {G1335} of {G4012} those things {G4229} which are most surely believed {G4135} among {G1722} us {G2254},

Dear Theophilos: Concerning the matters that have taken place among us, many people have undertaken to draw up accounts

Many have undertaken to compose an account of the things that have been fulfilled among us,

Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to draw up a narrative concerning those matters which have been fulfilled among us,

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Cross-References

  • Acts 1:1 (11 votes)

    ¶ The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach,

  • Acts 1:3 (11 votes)

    To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God:

  • 2 Peter 1:16 (5 votes)

    ¶ For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.

  • 2 Peter 1:19 (5 votes)

    ¶ We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:

  • 1 Timothy 3:16 (3 votes)

    And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.

  • John 20:31 (3 votes)

    But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.

  • 2 Timothy 4:17 (2 votes)

    Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and [that] all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.