what he had been taught. Here, then, are the four stages Luke delineates. First, the events. Then the eyewitness tradition. Next the written accounts, including Luke’s. And finally the certainty which these brought to their readers. Now this is not the language of one who is writing unhistorical myths. No, his claim is entirely different and absolutely clear. He has personally and carefully investigated what the eyewitnesses had passed on. He has written an orderly account of what their traditions