3. it seemed good to me also, having accurately investigated all things from the very beginning, to write to you an orderly account, most excellent Theophilus,
4. that you might know the certainty of the things which you have been told.
5. There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zechariah, of the division of Abijah. And his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.
6. They were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blamelessly.
7. But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they both were now well advanced in years.