Luke 1:1
King James Version (KJV)
Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us,
American Standard Version (ASV)
Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to draw up a narrative concerning those matters which have been fulfilled among us,
World English Bible (WEB)
Since many have undertaken to set in order a narrative concerning those matters which have been fulfilled among us,
Luke 1:1 Cross References
But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.
The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach,
Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen:
To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God:
And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount.
We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:
