Luke 1:2-3 that is, people who were ministers of the word and original eyewitnesses of these events, and who passed them on to us; and since

AUV⁽ⁱ⁾ ² [that is, people] who were ministers of the word and original eyewitnesses [of these events], and who passed them on to us; [and since] ³ I have thoroughly investigated the entire series of events [myself], I felt it would be good for me also to write you an orderly account of them.