Luke 1:3 (DBY)

Passage

it has seemed good to *me* also, accurately acquainted from the origin with all things, to write to thee with method, most excellent Theophilus,

Nearby Context

Luke 1:1 Forasmuch as many have undertaken to draw up a relation concerning the matters fully believed among us,

Luke 1:2 as those who from the beginning were eye-witnesses of and attendants on the Word have delivered them to us,

Luke 1:3 it has seemed good to *me* also, accurately acquainted from the origin with all things, to write to thee with method, most excellent Theophilus,

Luke 1:4 that thou mightest know the certainty of those things in which thou hast been instructed.

Luke 1:5 There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest, by name Zacharias, of the course of Abia, and his wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name Elizabeth.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "all things", "seemed", "good", "accurately", "acquainted", "origin", "write", and "thee". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "all things" and "seemed", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 2's "as those who from the beginning were..." into verse 4's "that thou mightest know the certainty of...", so "all things" and "seemed" belong inside that flow. In Luke context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "all things" and "seemed" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.