3 I myself studied everything carefully from the beginning, your Excellency. I thought I should write it out for you. So I put it in order in a book.
4 I write these things so that you can know that what you have been taught is true.
5 During the time Herod ruled Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah. He belonged to Abijah’s group. Zechariah’s wife came from the family of Aaron. Her name was Elizabeth.
6 Zechariah and Elizabeth truly did what God said was good. They did everything the Lord commanded and told people to do. They were without fault in keeping his law.
7 But Zechariah and Elizabeth had no children. Elizabeth could not have a baby; and both of them were very old.
8 Zechariah was serving as a priest before God for his group. It was his group’s time to serve.
9 According to the custom of the priests, he was chosen to go into the Temple of the Lord and burn incense.