1. Many have tried to report on the things that happened among us.
2. They have written the same things that we learned from others—the people who saw those things from the beginning and served God by telling people his message.
3. Since I myself have studied everything carefully from the beginning, most excellent Theophilus, it seemed good for me to write it out for you. I arranged it in order,
4. to help you know that what you have been taught is true.
5. During the time Herod ruled Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah who belonged to Abijah’s group. Zechariah’s wife, Elizabeth, came from the family of Aaron.