Matthew Henry Commentary Luke 1:1-4

"Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to draw up a narrative concerning those matters which have been fulfilled among us, even as they delivered them unto us, who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word, 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; that thou mightest know the certainty concerning the things wherein thou wast instructed." — Luke 1:1-4 (ASV)

Luke will not write about things about which Christians may safely differ from one another and hesitate within themselves; but rather about the things that are, and ought to be surely believed.

The doctrine of Christ is what the wisest and best of men have ventured their souls upon with confidence and satisfaction.

And the great events on which our hopes depend have been recorded by those who were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word from the beginning, and whose understanding of these events was perfected through Divine inspiration.