Luke 1:3-5

Lexham English Bible

³ it seemed best to me also—because I^[a] have followed all things carefully from the beginning—to write them^[b] down in orderly sequence for you, most excellent Theophilus, ⁴ so that you may know the certainty concerning the things about which you were taught.

The Prediction of John the Baptist’s Birth

⁵ It happened that in the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a certain priest, Zechariah by name, of the division of Abijah. And he had a wife^[c] from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.