Luke 1:3-5

New Life Version

³ Dear Theophilus, I have looked with care into these things from the beginning. I have decided it would be good to write them to you one after the other the way they happened. ⁴ Then you can be sure you know the truth about the things you have been taught.

An Angel Tells of the Birth of John the Baptist

⁵ When Herod was king of the country of Judea, there was a Jewish religious leader named Zacharias. He worked for Abijah. His wife was of the family group of Aaron. Her name was Elizabeth.