the fully believed among us transactions, just as transmitted _them_

ἡμῖν7 oἱ ἀπ᾽11 ἀρχῆς12 αὐτόπται13 καὶ ὑπηρέται14
to us the from _the_ beginning eye-witnesses and ministers

τοῦ λόγον·15 ἔόοξε16 κάμοί17 παρηκολονϑηκότι18 ἄvωϑεν19
of the word; it seemed _good_ to me also, having followed close from _the_ first

πᾶσιν20 ἀκριβῶς,21 καϑεξῆς22 σοι γράψαι,23 κράτιστε24
to all _things_ carefully, regularly to thee to write, most excellent

Θεόφιλε,25 ἵνα ἐπιγνῷς26 περὶ ὧν27 κατηχήϑης28
Theophilus, in order that thou mayest recognize about what thou wast instructed

λόγων τὴν ἀσφάλειαν.29
words the certainty.

1. Comp. of ἐπεί, _since_, (from ἐπί, _upon_, εἴ, _if_,)
δή, _now_, and the intensive particle, περ.

2. Irreg. from πολύς, really an old πολλός;
nom. plur. masc., § 34; _persons_ understood, § 74.

3. From ἐπιχείρέω, _lay hand upon_, from ἐπί,
_upon_, and χείρ, _a hand_; aug., § 61; η, § 66; 1st
aor., § 59; Ind., § 42; 3d plur. act.; § 49.

4. From ἀνατάσσομαι, (comp. of ἀνά, _up_, i.e.,
_thoroughly_, and τάσσω, _arrange_;) depon., § 40; 1st
aor., (root, ταγ, str. in pres. by σσ, § 58, which excludes the