it seemed best to me also—because I[a] have followed all things carefully from the beginning—to write them[b] down in orderly sequence for you, most excellent Theophilus,

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 1:3 Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“have followed”) which is understood as causal
  2. Luke 1:3 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation