Luke 1:1-7

1 Dear Theophilus: Many people have done their best to write a report of the things that have taken place among us.
2 They wrote what we have been told by those who saw these things from the beginning and who proclaimed the message.
3 And so, Your Excellency, because I have carefully studied all these matters from their beginning, I thought it would be good to write an orderly account for you.
4 I do this so that you will know the full truth about everything which you have been taught.
5 During the time when Herod was king of Judea, [a] there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly order of Abijah. His wife's name was Elizabeth; she also belonged to a priestly family. 1
6 They both lived good lives in God's sight and obeyed fully all the Lord's laws and commands.
7 They had no children because Elizabeth could not have any, and she and Zechariah were both very old.

Cross References 1

  • 1. 1.51 Chronicles 24.10.

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. judea: [The term here refers to the whole land of Palestine.]
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.