Luke 1:3 (GNV)

Passage

It seemed good also to me (most noble Theophilus) assoone as I had searched out perfectly all things from the beginning, to write vnto thee thereof from point to point,

Nearby Context

Luke 1:1 Forasmuch as many haue taken in hand to set foorth the storie of those things, whereof we are fully persuaded,

Luke 1:2 As they haue deliuered them vnto vs, which from the beginning saw them their selues, and were ministers of ye word,

Luke 1:3 It seemed good also to me (most noble Theophilus) assoone as I had searched out perfectly all things from the beginning, to write vnto thee thereof from point to point,

Luke 1:4 That thou mightest acknowledge the certaintie of those things, whereof thou hast bene instructed.

Luke 1:5 In the time of Herod King of Iudea, there was a certaine Priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabet.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "all things", "seemed", "good", "most", "noble", "theophilus", "assoone", and "searched". 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 they haue deliuered them vnto vs..." into verse 4's "That thou mightest acknowledge the certaintie 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.