Translation | Verse | Text |
Strong Concordance | Lu 1:3 | It seemed [1380] good to me also [2504], having had perfect [199] understanding [3877] of all things [3956] from the very first [509], to write [1125] unto thee [4671] in order [2517], most excellent [2903] Theophilus [2321], |
Word | American Tract Society - Definition |
THEOPHILUS | Friend of God, an honorable person to whom the evangelist Luke addressed his gospel, and the Acts of the Apostles, Lu 1:3; Ac 1:1. We can only say of him, in general, that most probably he was a man of some note, who lived out of Palestine, and had abjured paganism in order to embrace Christianity. |