1 1 THE AUTHOR TO THEOPHILUS: Many writers have undertaken to draw up an account of the events that have happened among us, 1 2 following the traditions handed down to us by the original eyewitnesses and servants of the Gospel. 1 3 And so I in my turn, your Excellency, as one who has gone over the whole course of these events in detail, have decided to write a connected narrative for you, 1 4 so as to give you authentic knowledge about the matters of which you have been informed.