Luke 1:3

3	ἔδοξε κἀμοὶ παρηκολουθηκότι ἄνωθεν πᾶσιν ἀκριβῶς καθεξῆς σοι γράψαι, κράτιστε Θεόφιλε, Nestle-Aland 28th
	It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto you in order, most excellent Theophilus, (KJV)

#	Greek	MAC & POS	Definition
1380	δοκέω	V-AAI-3S	to have an opinion, to seem
2504	κἀγώ	P-1DS-C	and, even so, me also
3877	παρακολουθέω	V-RAP-DSM	to follow closely, to investigate
509	ἄνωθεν	ADV	from above
3956	πᾶς, πᾶσα, πᾶν	A-DPN	all, every
199	ἀκριβῶς	ADV	with exactness
2517	καθεξῆς	ADV	successively
4671	σοί	P-2DS	you
1125	γράφω	V-AAN	to write
2903	κράτιστος, η, ον	A-VSM	strongest, noblest
2321	Θεόφιλος, ου, ὁ	N-VSM	"friend of God", Theophilus, the addressee of Luke and Acts

version	verse
Berean Greek NT 2016	ἔδοξε κἀμοὶ παρηκολουθηκότι ἄνωθεν πᾶσιν ἀκριβῶς καθεξῆς σοι γράψαι, κράτιστε Θεόφιλε,
SBL Greek NT 2010	ἔδοξε κἀμοὶ παρηκολουθηκότι ἄνωθεν πᾶσιν ἀκριβῶς καθεξῆς σοι γράψαι, κράτιστε Θεόφιλε,
Nestle Greek NT 1904	ἔδοξε κἀμοὶ παρηκολουθηκότι ἄνωθεν πᾶσιν ἀκριβῶς καθεξῆς σοι γράψαι, κράτιστε Θεόφιλε,
Westcott & Hort 1881	ἔδοξε κἀμοὶ παρηκολουθηκότι ἄνωθεν πᾶσιν ἀκριβῶς καθεξῆς σοι γράψαι, κράτιστε Θεόφιλε,
Nestle-Aland 27th	ἔδοξε κἀμοὶ παρηκολουθηκότι ἄνωθεν πᾶσιν ἀκριβῶς καθεξῆς σοι γράψαι, κράτιστε Θεόφιλε,
Nestle-Aland 28th	ἔδοξε κἀμοὶ παρηκολουθηκότι ἄνωθεν πᾶσιν ἀκριβῶς καθεξῆς σοι γράψαι, κράτιστε Θεόφιλε,
RP Byzantine Majority Text 2005	ἔδοξεν κἀμοί, παρηκολουθηκότι ἄνωθεν πᾶσιν ἀκριβῶς, καθεξῆς σοι γράψαι, κράτιστε Θεόφιλε,
Greek Orthodox Church 1904	ἔδοξε κἀμοὶ παρηκολουθηκότι ἄνωθεν πᾶσιν ἀκριβῶς καθεξῆς σοι γράψαι, κράτιστε Θεόφιλε,
Tiechendorf 8th Edition 1872	ἔδοξε κἀμοὶ παρηκολουθηκότι ἄνωθεν πᾶσιν ἀκριβῶς καθεξῆς σοι γράψαι, κράτιστε Θεόφιλε,
Scrivener's Textus Receptus 1894	ἔδοξε κἀμοί, παρηκολουθηκότι ἄνωθεν πᾶσιν ἀκριβῶς, καθεξῆς σοι γράψαι, κράτιστε Θεόφιλε,
Sthephanus Textus Receptus 1550	ἔδοξεν κἀμοὶ παρηκολουθηκότι ἄνωθεν πᾶσιν ἀκριβῶς καθεξῆς σοι γράψαι κράτιστε Θεόφιλε
Beza Greek NT 1598	Ἔδοξε κᾀμοὶ παρηκολουθηκότι ἄνωθεν πᾶσιν ἀκριβῶς, καθεξῆς σοὶ γράψαι, κράτιστε Θεόφιλε·

Luke 1:3 [Textus Receptus (Elzevir) (1624)]186
Ἔδοξε κἀμοὶ, παρηκολουθηκότι ἄνωθεν πᾶσιν ἀκριβῶς, καθεξῆς σοι γράψαι, κράτιστε Θεόφιλε·

Luke 1:3 [Codex Sinaiticus (א or 01) (4th century)]q77f5rc3
Εδοξε καμοι παρηκολουθηκοτι ανωθεν πασιν α>κρειβως καθεξης σοι γραψαι κρατιστε θεοφιλε

Luke 1:3 [Codex Alexandrinus (A02) (5th century)]20rc1
Εδοξεν καμοι παρηκολουθηκοτι ανωθεν πασιν ακριβως καθεξης σοι γραψαι κρατιστε θεοφιλε·

MSS: A, Λ (f4rc1)

Luke 1:3 [Codex Vaticanus Gr. 1209 (B03) (4th century)]37bc1
εδοξε καμοι παρηκολουθηκοτι ανωθεν πασιν ακρειβως καθεξης σοι γραψαι κρατιστε θεοφιλε

Luke 1:3 [Codex Ephraemi Syri Rescriptus (C04) (5th century)]91
εδοξε καμοι παρηκολουθηκοτι ανωθεν πασιν ακριβως καθεξης σοι γραψαι κρατιστε θεοφιλε

Luke 1:3 [Codex Bezae Cantabrigiensis (D05) (5th century)]182v|345
εδοξε καμοι παρηκολουθηκοτι ανωθεν πασιν ακριβως καθεξης σοι γραψαι κρατιστε θεοφιλε

Luke 1:3 [Codex Zacynthius (Ξ040) (6th century)]4v
Εδοξε καμοι παρηκολουθηκοτι ανωθεν πασιν ακριβως ….θεξης σοι γραψαι κρατιστε θεοφιλε·

#	Manucript	Date	Location
1	GA_01	4th Century	London, British Library
2	GA_032	4th–5th Century	Smithsonian Institution, Freer Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
3	GA_03	4th Century	Vatican Library
4	GA_02	5th Century	London, British Library
5	GA_05	5th Century	Cambridge, University Library
6	GA_019	8th Century	Paris, France, Bibliotheque Nationale
7	GA_040_Birmingham	8th Century	Cambridge, UK, Cambridge University Library
8	GA_07	8th Century	Basel, Switzerland, Universitätsbibliothek
9	GA_037	9th Century	Abbey Library of St. Gallen, Switzerland
10	GA_1424	9th–10th Century	Kosinitza Monastery, Drama, Greece (Formerly: Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago)
11	GA_Lect_425	9th-10th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
12	GA_017	9th Century	Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale
13	GA_033	10th Century	University Library of Ludwig-Maximilians: University of Munich, Germany
14	GA_09	10th Century	Utrecht, Netherlands, University Library
15	GA_1346	10th-11th Century	Jerusalem, Orthodox Patriarchate
16	GA_1411	10th-11th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
17	GA_2414	10th Century	Zagora, Greece, Public Historical Library of Zagora
18	GA_27	10th Century	Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris
19	GA_773	10th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
20	GA_771	10th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
21	GA_2907	10th Century	UK, private collection
22	GA_652	10th Century	Munich, Germany, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
23	GA_34	10th Century	Paris, France, Bibliothèque Nationale
24	GA_106	11th–12th Century	Chester Beatty Library, Dublin
25	GA_124	11th Century	Austrian National Library, Vienna
26	GA_230	11th Century	The Royal Library of El Escorial, Escorial
27	GA_2370	11th Century	Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland
28	GA_2437	11th-12th Century	Rio de Janeiro, Biblioteca Nacional
29	GA_473_Lambeth22	11th Century	London, United Kingdom, Lambeth Palace Library
30	GA_700	11th Century	London, UK, British Library
31	GA_785	11th-12th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
32	GA_785	11th-12th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
33	GA_798_INTF	11th Century	INTF, Muenster, Germany
34	GA_8	11th Century	Paris, France, Bibliothèque Nationale
35	GA_804	11th Century	Hellenic Parliament Library, Athens
36	GA_86	11th-12th Century	Bratislava, Slovakia, Academy of Sciences
37	GA_796	11th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
38	GA_788	11th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
39	GA_780	11th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
40	GA_774	11th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
41	GA_2754	11th Century	INTF, Muenster, Germany
42	GA_200	11th Century	Florence, Italy, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana
43	GA_1691	11th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
44	noGA_NLG_118	11th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
45	noGA_NLG_118	11th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
46	GA_178	12th Century	The Angelica Library, Rome
47	GA_2358_updated	12th Century	James P. Boyce Centennial Library at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky
48	GA_346_KC	12th Century	Milano, Biblioteca Ambrosiana
49	GA_57	12th Century	Oxford, United Kingdom, Magdalen College Library
50	GA_71	12th Century	Lambeth Palace, London
51	GA_897	12th Century	University of Edinburgh
52	GA_9	12th Century	Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris
53	GA_787	12th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
54	GA_782	12th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
55	GA_779	12th-13th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
56	GA_778	12th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
57	GA_777	12th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
58	GA_765	12th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
59	GA_760	12th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
60	GA_543	12th Century	University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
61	GA_1	12th Century	Basel, University Library
62	GA_1692	12th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
63	GA_1418	12th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
64	GA_1416	12th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
65	GA_1415	12th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
66	GA_1689_Prague	13th Century	Prague, Czech Republic, Academy of Sciences Library
67	GA_2905	13th Century	Athens, Benaki Museum
68	GA_895	13th Century	Princeton, New Jersey, Princeton University Library
69	GA_775	13th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
70	GA_759	13th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
71	GA_757	13th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
72	GA_544	13th Century	University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
73	GA_2374_Walters	13th-14th Century	Baltimore, Maryland, Walters Art Museum
74	GA_427	13th Century	Munich, Germany, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
75	GA_260_BNF	13th Century	Paris, France, Bibliothèque Nationale
76	GA_2525	13th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
77	GA_218	13th Century	Vienna, Austria, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek
78	GA_1697	13th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
79	GA_1690	13th-14th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
80	GA_13	13th Century	Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale
81	GA_811	14th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
82	GA_789	14th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
83	GA_783	14th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
84	GA_764	14th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
85	GA_761	14th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
86	GA_762	14th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
87	GA_758	14th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
88	GA_1354	14th Century	Jerusalem, Orthodox Patriarchate
89	GA_12	14th Century	Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale
90	GA_545	15th Century	University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
91	GA_69	15th Century	Leicester, Leicestershire [England] Record Office
92	GA_1686	15th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
93	GA_1700	17th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens

(1) εδοξε : א, B, C, D, W, Ξ
(2) εδοξεν : A, Λ, ℓ1086 (ii)

(3) ανωθεν : א, A, B, C, D, Λ, Ξ, ℓ1086 (ii)
(4) ανωθε : W

(5) ακριβως : A, C, D, Λ, Ξ, ℓ1086 (ii)
(6) ακρειβως : א, B

(a) Chrysost. opp. Vol. xii. 567 The editions give not παρηκολουθηκότι, but παρακολουθηκότι, and the editors record παρακολουθῆσαι as a various reading in the mss. If we adopt this reading, we must of course strike out γράψαι, which might indeed be dispensed with.
(Friedrich Wilhelm Blass, Philology of the Gospels, p. 11)

(b) It seems worth while to point out how early ihe question whether πᾶσιν, in the sentence, παρηκολουθηκότι πᾶσιν ἄνωθεν ἀκριβῶς, was masculine or neuter, was answered in the opposite direction.
The first who took it as masculine seems to have been Justin the Martyr (about 150), when he speaks of υπομνηματα written by apostles of Christ and those who followed them, και των εκεινοις παρακολουθησαντων (Dial. 103). For he alludes here, apparently, to the Gospels of Matthew and John as written by apostles, and those of Mark
and Luke as coming from followers of the apostles.
The same construction is maintained by Eusebius, when he writes on Luke (H.E. iii. 4, 7) : τα πλειστα συγγεγονως τω Παυλω και τοις λοιποις δε ου παρεργως των αποστολων ωμιληκως, ‘He lived mostly with Paul, but conversed also more than occasionally with the other apostles, receiving from them the art of medical treatment of souls (ψυχων θεραπευτικης), traces of which he left in two divinely inspired books (εν δυσιν . . . θεοπνευστοις . . . βιβλιοις) in the Gospel, which he testifies to have written, as delivered unto us by those who from the beginning were eye-witnesses and ministers of the Word, with whom all, he says, he followed from the beginning, (οις και, φησιν, επανωθεν απασι παρηκολουθηκεναι), and in the Acts,’ etc.
A third ancient authority for this view is Epiphanius, Haeres. 51. 7. Like Eusebius, who expressly calls the books of Luke divinely inspired, he emphasizes that the Holy Ghost induced Luke to write his Gospel (αναγκαζει το αγιον πνευμα και επινυττει τον αγιον Λουκαν), ‘who introduces in proof of truth as witnesses the ministers
of the Word . . , and says: It seemed good to me, after I followed in order from the first them who were eye-witnesses and ministers of the Word, to write unto thee (εδοξε καμοι παρηκολουθηκοτι ανωθεν τοις αυτοπταις και υπηρεταις του λογου γενομενοις).’
The same view is taken by Euthalius (ed. Zacagni, 421), and, perhaps, also by Papias and Clement of Alexandria, when they used the same word, while speaking of the Gospel of Mark : Papias, that he did not follow Christ, but later Peter, ουτε παρηκολουθησεν αυτω υστερον δε . . . Πετρω ; Clement, that the Roman Christians asked him as follower of Peter to write his Gospel, παρακαλεσαι τον Μαρκον ωσαν ακολουθησαντα αυτω πορρωθεν και μεμνημενον των λεχθεντων αναγραψαι τα ειρημενα.
It seems, further, to be found in the Latin Prologus to the Third Gospel, where Luke is designated as discipulus apostolorum, postea (vero) Paulum secutus. The Latin version of the text, ‘adsecuto a principio omnibus,’ is ambiguous; but the verb {assequi) favours the neuter, and some MSS of the Old Latin and of the Vulgate, and the printed editions of the latter, put omnia.
Grammatically it is possible to take πᾶσιν as masculine; but the connexion excludes this view, and it is strange that it found so much favour in the oldest times, and even later, after the explanation as neuter had been put forward. The first certain trace of the latter explanation I find in the Syriac palimpsest from Sinai, ‘When I had examined all these things from the beginning,’ דבחרת אנין כלהין מן ריש. The same sense is given as that of the Peshito in the Literal Translation from the Syriac Peshitto Version, by James Murdock (sixth edition, Boston and London, 1S93),
‘as they delivered them to us … as I had examined them all accurately.’ But when we turn to the Peshito text itself, we find that it runs quite differently : מטול דקריב הוית יציפאית לכלהון , i.e. ‘because I was near carefully to all of them.’ It is curious to ask how Murdock came to anticipate in his translation the reading of the Sinai Codex by more than forty years. With the Peshito seems to agree, again, the later Syriac version, the so-called Philoxeniana, as edited by White. It is true White translated: ‘Qui assecutus sum alte omnia ditigenter,’ but the text has דאתנקפת מן לעל לכלהון חתיתאית , and must be translated, ‘ having followed from above all carefully’; כלהון is masculine, the neuter πᾶσιν is rendered in this translation by כלהין ; see, for instance, Lk 2.20 3.19-20. It is not necessary to quote other witnesses;
only one word about the Gothic version, in which ‘allaim’ is again ambiguous ; it may be neuter or masculine. This version agrees with a few Latin MSS (b g of the Old Latin, and B G O of the Vulgate) in the gloss : ‘ visum est mihi et spiritui sancto.’ Did this gloss enter from the Latin into the Gothic, or from the Gothic into the Latin, or is there any trace of it already in Greek sources? See above on Eusebius and Epiphanius.
(Eb. Nestle, THE EXPOSITORY TIMES, Vol. 13, October 1901-September 1902, pp. 139-140)

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Luke 1:3

ἔδοξε κἀμοὶ παρηκολουθηκότι ἄνωθεν πᾶσιν ἀκριβῶς καθεξῆς σοι γράψαι, κράτιστε Θεόφιλε,