Luke 1:1-9 ▼

1 Inasmuch as many took in hand to draw up a narration concerning the things having been fully carried out among us,

2 just as they delivered them to us—those from the beginning having been eyewitnesses and servants of the word—

3 it seemed good also to me, having followed closely from the first all things carefully, to write in consecutive order to you, most excellent Theophilus,

4 so that you may know the certainty of the things that you were instructed.

5 There was in the days of Herod king of Judea a certain priest, by name Zechariah, of the division of Abijah, and his wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name Elizabeth.

6 And they were both righteous before God, going on in all the commandments and righteous requirements of the Lord, blameless.

7 And unto them was no child, as Elizabeth was barren and both were advanced in their days.

8 Now it came to pass in his serving as priest in the order of his division before God,

9 according to the custom of the priesthood, that it fell to him by lot to burn incense, having entered into the temple of the Lord.