Luke 1:3-5

Disciples’ Literal New Testament

³ it seemed good to me also, having closely-followed^[a] everything carefully from-the-beginning^[b], to write it for you in-order, most-excellent Theophilus, ⁴ in order that you may fully-know the certainty of the things about which you were instructed.

The Birth of John And Jesus

⁵ In the days of Herod^[c], king of Judea:

There Was a Priest Named Zechariah Whose Wife Elizabeth Was Barren

There was a certain priest— Zechariah by name, from the division of Abijah— and a wife for him from the daughters of Aaron. And her name was Elizabeth.