1Inasmuch as many have undertaken to compile an account of the things[a]1accomplishedamong us,
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just as they were handeddown to us by those who 2from the beginning[b]were 3eyewitnesses and [c]4servants of 5the [d]word,
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it seemedfitting for me as well, 6having [e]investigatedeverythingcarefully from the beginning, to write it out for you 7in consecutiveorder, 8mostexcellent9Theophilus;
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so that you may know the exacttruthabout the things you have been [f]10taught.
Birth of John the Baptist Foretold
511In the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a priestnamed[g]Zacharias, of the 12division of [h]Abijah; and he had a wife[i]from 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 [j]years.