Luke 1:1-9 ▼

1 Inasmuch as many have undertaken to compile an account of the things that have been fulfilled among us,

2 just as those, who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word, handed them down to us,

3 it seemed fitting for me as well, having investigated everything carefully from the beginning, to write it out for you in orderly sequence, most excellent Theophilus,

4 so that you may know the certainty about the things you have been taught.

5 In the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah, of the division of Abijah, and he had a wife from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.

6 And they were both righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and righteous requirements of the Lord.

7 But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both advanced in years.

8 Now it happened that while he was performing his priestly service before God in the order of his division,

9 according to the custom of the priestly office, he was chosen by lot to enter the sanctuary of the Lord and burn incense.