English Standard Version
Luke 1:4
4that you may have certainty concerning the things you have been taught.
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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)that you may know the certainty of those things in which you were instructed.
- New Living Translation (NLT)so you can be certain of the truth of everything you were taught.
Context of Luke 1:4
2just as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word have delivered them to us, 3it seemed good to me also, having followed all things closely for some time past, to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus, that you may have certainty concerning the things you have been taught. 5In the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah, of the division of Abijah. And he had a wife from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. 6And they were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and statutes of the Lord.
Read all of Luke 1Luke 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
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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
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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
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