Luke 1:4 (GNV)

Passage

That thou mightest acknowledge the certaintie of those things, whereof thou hast bene instructed.

Nearby Context

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.

Luke 1:6 Both were iust before God, and walked in all the commandements and ordinances of the Lord, without reproofe.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "thou", "mightest", "acknowledge", "certaintie", "things", "whereof", and "hast". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "thou" and "mightest", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 3's "It seemed good also to me most..." into verse 5's "In the time of Herod King of...", so "thou" and "mightest" 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 "thou" and "mightest" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.