indicates absolute certainty but also carries the nuance of stability.70 Thus, Luke wanted Theophilus to know that the message about Jesus was reliable. This would imply that both Theophilus and Luke’s larger audience were about to read a treatise defending the truthfulness of Christianity. This apologetic character of the Gospel is clearly expressed in Luke’s concern for accuracy. Luke first claimed to have had access to eyewitness traditions: “just as the original eyewitnesses and servants of the