2 They wrote what we had been told by the ones who were there in the beginning and saw what happened.
3 So I made a careful study of everything and then decided to write and tell you exactly what took place. Honourable Theophilus,
4 I have done this to let you know the truth about what you have heard.
5 When Herod was king of Judea, there was a priest called Zechariah from the priestly group of Abijah. His wife Elizabeth was from the family of Aaron.
6 Both of them were good people and pleased the Lord God by obeying all that he had commanded.
7 But they did not have children. Elizabeth could not have any, and both Zechariah and Elizabeth were already old.
8 One day Zechariah's group of priests were on duty, and he was serving God as a priest.