Luke 1:3-5

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³ So, most excellent Theophilus, since I had traced the course of the whole thing scrupulously from the start, I thought it a good idea to write an orderly account for you, ⁴ so that you may have secure knowledge about the matters in which you have been instructed.

Gabriel visits Zechariah

⁵ In the time when Herod was king of Judaea, there was a priest called Zechariah, of the priestly division of Abijah. His wife, who came from the Aaron family, was called Elizabeth.