Catholic Public Domain Version
"so that you might know the truthfulness of those words by which you have been instructed. "
— Luke 1:4, Catholic Public Domain Version
“That thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou hast been instructed.”
“that thou mightest know the certainty concerning the things wherein thou wast instructed. ”
“that you might know the certainty concerning the things in which you were instructed.”
“so that you may know for certain the things you were taught.”
“That thou mayest know the verity of those words in which thou hast been instructed.”
“So that you might have certain knowledge of those things about which you were given teaching.”
“That thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou hast been instructed.”
Since, indeed, many have attempted to set in order a narrative of the things that have been completed among us,
just as they have been handed on to those of us who from the beginning saw the same and were ministers of the word,
so it seemed good to me also, having diligently followed everything from the beginning, to write to you, in an orderly manner, most excellent Theophilus,
so that you might know the truthfulness of those words by which you have been instructed.
There was, in the days of Herod, king of Judea, a certain priest named Zechariah, of the section of Abijah, and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.
Now they were both just before God, progressing in all of the commandments and the justifications of the Lord without blame.
And they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they both had become advanced in years.