Dedication to Theophilus

1 ^aInasmuch as many have undertaken to compile a narrative of the things that have been ^baccomplished among us, 2 just as those who from the beginning were ^ceyewitnesses and ministers of the word have ^ddelivered them to us, 3 it seemed good to me also, having followed all things closely for some time past, to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus, 4 ^ethat you may have certainty concerning the things you have been taught.

25 And he said to them, “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! 26 Was it not necessary that the Christ should ^bsuffer these things and enter into his ^cglory?” 27 And beginning with ^dMoses and all the ^eProphets, he interpreted to them ^fin all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.