Preface 1:1-4 - Luke's Preface.
Only Luke addresses his readers and relates his reason for writing. This
is a style of classical Greek historians and medical writers. His purpose
is to record the Gospel story.
Up to this time the spoken word of the Apostles and other eyewitnesses was
the method of delivering the Gospel message to the Church. As the church
reached further distances and as those original witnesses died there
became an ever incre...
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