 | Isaac JAQUELOT - 1829 - 420 pages
...circulation, which explains St. Luke's introduction to his Gospel beginning in these words, " Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things," &c. From this preface of St. Luke's, one gathers three things : first, that some histories of Christ... | |
 | Thomas Chalmers - Presbyterian Church - 1829 - 424 pages
...frequent. " Many," says St. Luke, (and in this he is supported by the testimony of subsequent writers,) " have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of these things." Now what has been the fate of all these performances ? Such as might have been anticipated.... | |
 | William Hales - Bible - 1830 - 682 pages
...Luke's foregoing introduction, ver. 1. to which a fourth is here adjoined. 1. ENGLISH BIBLE. " Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a...declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us." 2. DODDRIDGE'S VERSION. " Whereas many have undertaken to compose the history of those facts... | |
 | Alexander Nicoll - Apologetics - 1830 - 408 pages
...actually exist, we cannot but infer from the words of St. Luke, who in his preface says, " Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a...declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us, even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eye-witnesses and ministers... | |
 | Robert Taylor - 1830 - 68 pages
...St. Luke's Gospel, that any such work as THE Diegesis ever existed. St. Luke writes, — " Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order A...declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eye-witnesses, and ministers... | |
 | David Pickering - Apologetics - 1830 - 224 pages
...of the NewTestament. 159 Text — ST. LUKE i. 1 — 4. " Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us, even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eye-witnesses and ministers... | |
 | William Paley - 1831 - 692 pages
...were themselves among the consequences of that belief. This is expressly affirmed by Saint Luke, in ) O ?'~2 } ] 6uo ULrj y F B ηe 8 T^ its, even as they delivered them unto us, which, from the beginning, were eye-witnesses and ministen... | |
 | William Paley - Theology - 1831 - 624 pages
...were themselves among the consequences of that belief. This is expressly affirmed by Saint Luke, in lower sense it may, viz. when it militates with the spirit, contradicts the analogy, arc most surely belictcd amongst us, ercn as Ihty dclircrcd tlicm •unto ns, which, from the beginning,... | |
 | Abner Kneeland - Bible - 1831 - 212 pages
...year 168. Theophilus was a convert from the heathen world, and Luke thus addresses him : " Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a...declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us, even as they delivered them unto us, which, from the beginning, were eye witnesses, and ministers... | |
 | Archibald Alexander - 1831 - 478 pages
...written Gospel at that time ; for he cannot be supposed to refer to such when he says, " Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a...declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us ;" and if he had known that Matthew had written a Gospel, he could not easily have avoided... | |
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It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus... 
