1:1 Τὸν μὲν πρῶτον λόγον ἐποιησάμην περὶ πάντων, ὦ Θεόφιλε, ὧν ἤρξατο ὁ Ἰησοῦς ποιεῖν τε καὶ διδάσκειν, μὲν. The author of Acts frequently uses μὲν (especially to begin sections) without a δέ (see Barrett, 65). πρῶτον. In classical Greek, this term was typically used to refer to the first in a series. In the Koine period, however, it was often used interchangeably with πρότερος to identify something as “earlier, former” (see also 7:12; 12:10). The use of πρῶτον here, then,