Twentieth_Century(i)
1 [To his Excellency, Theophilus. Many attempts have been already made to draw up an account of those events which have reached their conclusion among us,
2 Just as they were reported to us by those who from the beginning were eye-witnesses, and afterwards became bearers of the Message.
3 And, therefore, I also, since I have investigated all these events with great care from their very beginning, have resolved to write a connected history of them for you,
4 In order that you may be able to satisfy yourself of the accuracy of the story which you have heard from the lips of others.]