Luke 1:1-4

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Luke’s purpose

1 Many people have already applied themselves to the task of compiling an account of the events that have been fulfilled among us. ²They used what the original eyewitnesses and servants of the word handed down to us. ³Now, after having investigated everything carefully from the beginning, I have also decided to write a carefully ordered account for you, most honorable Theophilus. ⁴I want you to have confidence in the soundness of the instruction you have received.

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Acts 1:1-3

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The risen Jesus with his disciples

1 Theophilus, the first scroll I wrote concerned everything Jesus did and taught from the beginning, ²right up to the day when he was taken up into heaven. Before he was taken up, working in the power of the Holy Spirit, Jesus instructed the apostles he had chosen. ³After his suffering, he showed them that he was alive with many convincing proofs. He appeared to them over a period of forty days, speaking to them about God’s kingdom.

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