Luke 1:1

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,

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,