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-- LUKE'S MISSION
Therefore, since I myself have carefully investigated everything from the beginning, it seemed good also to me to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus, so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught.
Although many people in the first century set out to write accounts of the life and works of Jesus, Luke was inspired to provide a more comprehensive, more carefully investigated and detailed account, with events set out in correct chronological order.
As a physician (Colossians 4:14), a doctor, an educated and able person, familiar with suffering and the problems of life, and used to asking questions, establishing detailed facts, and analyzing problems, both physical and emotional, Luke was eminently qualified for his undertaking -- in order that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught.