Luke 1:3-5

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

³ It seemed good to me also, having diligently attained to all things from the beginning, to write to thee in order, most excellent Theophilus,

⁴ That thou mayest know the verity of those words in which thou hast been instructed.

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