1Inasmuch as many have undertaken to compile an account of the thingsa1accomplishedamong us,
2just as they were handeddown to us by those who 2from the beginningbwere 3eyewitnesses and c4servants of 5the dword,
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it seemedfitting for me as well, 6having einvestigatedeverythingcarefully from the beginning, to write it out for you 7in consecutiveorder, 8mostexcellent9Theophilus ;
4so that you may know the exacttruthabout the things you have been f10taught.
511In the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a priestnamedgZacharias, of the 12division of hAbijah ; and he had a wifeifrom the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.
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They were both13righteous in the sight of God, walking14blamelessly in all the commandments and requirements of the Lord.
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But they hadnochild, becauseElizabeth was barren, and they were bothadvanced in jyears.
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