' td us, was directed ta address Mmself in writing his GospeL The expression " most excellent,'* seems to indicate that he was no common person. It is the same expression which St. Paul used in addressing Felix and Festus. Acts xxiv. 3 : xxvi. 5.
4. — [^'Certainty.*'] This is the same word which is translated "safety" in Acts v. 23, and 1 Thess. v. 3.