1. Many have attempted to write about what had taken place among us.
2. They received their information from those who had been eyewitnesses and servants of God’s word from the beginning, and they passed it on to us.
3. I, too, have followed everything closely from the beginning. So I thought it would be a good idea to write an orderly account for Your Excellency, Theophilus.
4. In this way you will know that what you’ve been told is true.