it seemed fitting for me as well, (A)having [a]investigated everything carefully from the beginning, to write it out for you (B)in consecutive order, (C)most excellent (D)Theophilus; so that you may know the exact truth about the things you have been [b](E)taught.

Birth of John the Baptist Foretold

(F)In the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a priest named [c]Zacharias, of the (G)division of [d]Abijah; and he had a wife [e]from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 1:3 Or followed
  2. Luke 1:4 Or orally instructed in
  3. Luke 1:5 I.e. Zechariah
  4. Luke 1:5 Gr Abia
  5. Luke 1:5 I.e. of priestly descent