2. They wrote what we had been told by the ones who were there in the beginning and saw what happened.
3. So I made a careful study of everything and then decided to write and tell you exactly what took place. Honourable Theophilus,
4. I have done this to let you know the truth about what you have heard.
5. When Herod was king of Judea, there was a priest called Zechariah from the priestly group of Abijah. His wife Elizabeth was from the family of Aaron.
6. Both of them were good people and pleased the Lord God by obeying all that he had commanded.
7. But they did not have children. Elizabeth could not have any, and both Zechariah and Elizabeth were already old.
8. One day Zechariah's group of priests were on duty, and he was serving God as a priest.