Luke 1:4

Luke 1:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)That thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou hast been instructed.
• New International Version (NIV)so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught.
• English Standard Version (ESV)that you may have certainty concerning the things you have been taught.
• New King James Version (NKJV)that you may know the certainty of those things in which you were instructed.

Context of Luke 1:4

2Some people were present when these things started to happen. They saw everything that happened and they told us about it. They are the people who wrote down the Good News for us. 3I have checked the facts about what really happened. So now, I know about all the things that happened from the beginning. I am writing to make the facts clear to you, my important friend Theophilus. People have already taught you about these things. Now you can be sure that they are true. 5There was a man whose name was Zechariah. He lived when Herod was king of Judea. Zechariah was a priest and he belonged to a group of priests from the family of Abijah. He had a wife called Elizabeth. She also was from the family of the priest called Aaron. 6Zechariah and Elizabeth obeyed God's commands and rules. God saw that they were righteous people. They did not do wrong things.

Luke 1:4 word by word

ἵνα ἐπιγνῷς περὶ ὧν κατηχήθης λόγων τὴν ἀσφάλειαν.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thatἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
• thou mightest knowἐπιγινώσκωepiginōskō · to come to knowG1921
• the certaintyὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the certaintyἀσφάλειαasphaleia · securityG803
• ofπερίperi · aboutG4012
• those thingsλόγοςlogos · wordG3056
• whereinὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• thou hast been instructedκατηχέωkatēcheō · to instructG2727

Cross-references for Luke 1:4

• John 20:31But I have written about these things, so that you will be able to believe the truth. You will believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God. Because you believe in him, you will have life with God.
• 2 Peter 1:15After I am no longer with you, I want you still to remember what I have told you. So I will make sure that you have something to help you not to forget.

Commentaries on Luke 1:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4Wherein thou hast been instructed - - In which thou hast been catechized. It appears that Theophilus had already received the first elements of the Christian doctrine, but had not as yet been completely grounded in them. That he might know the certainty of the things in which he had been thus catechized, by having all the facts and their proofs brought before him in order, the evangelist sent him this faithful and Divinely inspired narrative. Those who…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4The certainty - Have full evidence or proof of. Been instructed - By the preachers of the gospel. The original word is the one from which is derived our word “catechism - been catechized;” but it does not denote here the “manner” in which the instruction was imparted, as it does with us, but simply the fact that he had been taught those things.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-4Luke begins his Gospel with a formal introduction written in the style of skilled Greek writers of his time. These first four verses use a careful and formal style. They are among the best-written Greek in the New Testament.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. that thou mightest know--"know thoroughly." hast been instructed--orally instructed--literally, "catechized" or "catechetically taught," at first as a catechumen or candidate for Christian baptism.Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 1:4

• Epistles
• Luke
• Word of God

In the dictionaries

• Acts of the Apostles
• Begin
• Certainty
• Conceive
• Estate
• Luke, Gospel according to
• Ministration
• Noise
• Righteousness
• Salutation

Commentaries on Luke 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings