1
Inasmuch as many have undertaken to compile an account of the things accomplished among us,
2
just as they were handed down to us by those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word,
3
it seemed fitting for me as well, having investigated everything carefully from the beginning, to write it out for you in consecutive order, most excellent Theophilus;
4
so that you may know the exact truth about the things you have been taught.
5
In the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a priest named Zacharias, of the division of Abijah; and he had a wife from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.