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4. ἐπιγνῷς. ‘Mayest fully know.’ See the use of the word in Mat 11:27; 1Co 13:12; 2Co 1:13; 2Co 6:9.
περὶ ὧν κατηχήθης λόγων. ‘Of those accounts in which thou wast orally instructed.’ Gal 6:6. From the word κατηχεῖν ‘to teach orally’ comes our ‘catechise,’ &c. Oral instruction (κατήχησις) flourished especially at Alexandria, which was famous for its catechetical school. This may possibly have favoured the notion that Theophilus was an Alexandrian. The word occurs also in a general sense in Act 18:25; Act 21:21; Act 21:24; Rom 2:18; 1Co 14:19; but here St Luke seems to mean that it was desirable for Theophilus to have an accurate, permanent, consecutive, written narrative of truths which, as a catechumen, he had learnt, orally and fragmentarily.
τὴν ἀσφάλειαν. The position of this weighty substantive at the end of the sentence adds greatly to its emphasis.