Luke 1:3

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

it seemed good to me also, having traced the course of all things accurately from the first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἔδοξε κἀμοί, παρηκολουθηκότι ἄνωθεν πᾶσιν ἀκριβῶς, καθεξῆς σοι γράψαι, κράτιστε Θεόφιλε,

Transliteration

Edoxe kamoi, parēkolouthēkoti anōthen pasin akribōs, kathexēs soi grapsai, kratiste Theophile,

Grammar Details

• *Edoxe*: aorist, indicative, active, 3rd person singular - it seemed good
• *kamoi*: dative, 1st person singular (contraction of *kai emoi*) - also to me
• *parēkolouthēkoti*: perfect, active, participle, dative, masculine, singular - having followed/traced/investigated
• *anōthen*: adverb - from the beginning/from above
• *pasin*: dative, neuter, plural - all things
• *akribōs*: adverb - carefully, accurately
• *kathexēs*: adverb - in order, successively
• *soi*: dative, 2nd person singular - to you
• *grapsai*: aorist, active, infinitive - to write
• *kratiste*: vocative, masculine, singular - most excellent
• *Theophile*: vocative, masculine, singular - Theophilus (name meaning 'lover of God')

Word Meanings

• *Edoxe*: it seemed good/it appeared best
• *parēkolouthēkoti*: having traced/having investigated/having followed closely
• *anōthen*: from the beginning/from the first/from above
• *akribōs*: accurately/carefully/precisely
• *kathexēs*: in order/successively/consecutively

Referenced Verses

• Acts 1:1 : 1 The former treatise I made, O Theophilus, concerning all that Jesus began both to do and to teach,
• Acts 26:25 : 25 But Paul saith, I am not mad, most excellent Festus; but speak forth words of truth and soberness.
• Acts 23:26 : 26 Claudius Lysias unto the most excellent governor Felix, greeting.
• Acts 24:3 : 3 we accept it in all ways and in all places, most excellent Felix, with all thankfulness.
• Acts 11:4 : 4 But Peter began, and expounded [the matter] unto them in order, saying,
• Acts 15:19 : 19 Wherefore my judgment is, that we trouble not them that from among the Gentiles turn to God;
• Acts 15:25 : 25 it seemed good unto us, having come to one accord, to choose out men and send them unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,
• Acts 15:28 : 28 For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things:
• Ps 50:21 : 21 These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; Thou thoughtest that I was altogether such a one as thyself: [But] I will reprove thee, and set [them] in order before thine eyes.
• Eccl 12:9 : 9 And further, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he pondered, and sought out, [and] set in order many proverbs.
• Luke 1:1 : 1 Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to draw up a narrative concerning those matters which have been fulfilled among us,
• 1 Cor 7:40 : 40 But she is happier if she abide as she is, after my judgment: and I think that I also have the Spirit of God.
• 1 Cor 16:12 : 12 But as touching Apollos the brother, I besought him much to come unto you with the brethren: and it was not all [his] will to come now; but he will come when he shall have opportunity.
• Ps 40:5 : 5 Many, O Jehovah my God, are the wonderful works which thou hast done, And thy thoughts which are to us-ward; They cannot be set in order unto thee; If I would declare and speak of them, They are more than can be numbered.