Lk 1:1-4

1Since many have undertaken to compile a narrative of the events that have been fulfilled among us,^a 2just as those who were eyewitnesses from the beginning and ministers of the word have handed them down to us,^b 3I too have decided, after investigating everything accurately anew, to write it down in an orderly sequence for you, most excellent Theophilus, 4so that you may realize the certainty of the teachings you have received.