Luke 1:1-9 ▼

1 Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us,

2 Even as they delivered them to us, who from the beginning were eye-witnesses, and ministers of the word;

3 It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write to thee in order, most excellent Theophilus,

4 That thou mayest know the certainty of those things in which thou hast been instructed.

5 There was in the days of Herod the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.

6 And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

7 And they had no child, because Elisabeth was barren, and they both were far advanced in years.

8 And it came to pass, that, while he executed the priests' office before God in the order of his course,

9 According to the custom of the priests' office, his lot was to burn incense when he went into the temple of the Lord.