Luke's Introduction. Luke 1:1 - 4 Luke 1:1  Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us, 2  Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word; 3  It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus, 4  That thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou hast been instructed.   RELATED REFRENCES Acts 1:1  The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach,