Luke 1:4
That thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou hast been instructed.
KJV
ἵνα ἐπιγνῷς περὶ ὧν κατηχήθης λόγων τὴν ἀσφάλειαν.
Greek NT
ut cognoscas eorum verborum, de quibus eruditus es, veritatem.
Vulgate
that thou mightest know the certainty concerning the things wherein thou wast instructed.
ASV
That thou mayest know the verity of those words in which thou hast been instructed.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
8 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
κατηχέω
katecheo
verb · 8×
λόγος
logos
noun · 330×
περί
peri
preposition · 335×
ἀσφάλεια
asphaleia
noun · 3×
ἐπιγινώσκω
epiginosko
verb · 44×
ἵνα
ina
conjunction · 665×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
2. Reflect then how great an evil it is for us, who ought to live so purely as not even to need written words, but to yield up our hearts, as books, to the Spirit; now that we have lost that honor, and have come to have need of these, to fail again in duly employing even this second remedy. For if it be a blame to stand in need of written words, and not to have brought down on …
Cross-references
- Acts 18:25 — This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in the spirit, he spake and taught diligently the things of the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John.
- John 20:31 — But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.
- John 20:31 — But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.