Luke’s Account of Things Fulfilled

1 Inasmuch as many have undertaken to compile an account of the things that ^[a](A)have been fulfilled among us, ² just as those, who ^(B)from the beginning ^[b]were ^(C)eyewitnesses and ^[c](D)servants of ^(E)the ^[d]word, handed them down to us, ³ it seemed fitting for me as well, ^(F)having ^[e]investigated everything carefully from the beginning, to write it out for you ^(G)in orderly sequence, ^(H)most excellent ^(I)Theophilus, ⁴ so that you may know the certainty about the things you have been ^[f](J)taught.

The Promise of the Holy Spirit

1 The first account, O ^(A)Theophilus, I ^[a]composed, about all that Jesus ^(B)began to do and teach,

² until the day when He ^(A)was taken up to heaven, after He ^(B)had ^[a]by the Holy Spirit given orders to ^(C)the apostles whom He had ^(D)chosen,