King James Version
Luke 1:4 in the King James Version says “That thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou hast been instructed.” — study this verse from Luke chapter 1 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“That thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou hast been instructed.”
Luke 1:4 · KJV
Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word;
It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus,
That thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou hast been instructed.
There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.
And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“thou mightest know”
G1921to know upon some mark, i.e., recognize; by implication, to become fully acquainted with, to acknowledge
“of”
G4012properly, through (all over), i.e., around; figuratively with respect to; used in various applications, of place, cause or time (with the genitive cas
“thou hast been instructed”
G2727to sound down into the ears, i.e., (by implication) to indoctrinate ("catechize") or (genitive case) to apprise of
“those things”
G3056something said (including the thought); by implication, a topic (subject of discourse), also reasoning (the mental faculty) or motive; by extension, a
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