The Preface of Luke-Acts

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Since many have undertaken to set down a narrative of the events that have come to fruition among us,

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just as handed down by those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word,

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I too decided, after carefully investigating everything anew, to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus,

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so that you may know what is reliable concerning the things about which you have been informed.