Luke 1:1-9 ▼

1 Whereas several have undertaken to draw up a narrative of those transactions, which pass'd among us;

2 according as they were delivered to us by persons, who were all along eye-witnesses, and had a share in the transactions themselves:

3 I have likewise thought proper; most excellent Theophilus, to write to you a particular account; having made a very diligent inquiry into the whole matter,

4 that you may have a distinct view of those things about which you have been inform'd.

5 In the time of Herod, the king of Judea, there was a certain priest, named Zacharias, of the family of Abia, whose wife; nam'd Elizabeth, was of the race of Aaron:

6 they were both of them sincerely pious; observing all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord; with unspotted reputation.

7 they had no children, because Elizabeth was steril, and they were both advanced in years.

8 now Zachary was to officiate in divine service, in the order of his family,

9 and according to the custom of distributing the parts, it fell to his lot to burn incense in the sanctuary.