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Many people have set out to write accounts about the events that have been fulfilled among us.
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They used the eyewitness reports circulating among us from the early disciples.
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Having carefully investigated everything from the beginning, I also have decided to write a careful account for you, most honorable Theophilus,
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so you can be certain of the truth of everything you were taught.
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When Herod was king of Judea, there was a Jewish priest named Zechariah. He was a member of the priestly order of Abijah, and his wife, Elizabeth, was also from the priestly line of Aaron.
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Zechariah and Elizabeth were righteous in God’s eyes, careful to obey all of the Lord’s commandments and regulations.