1 Many have tried to report on the things that happened among us.
2 They have written the same things that we learned from others—the people who saw those things from the beginning and served God by telling people his message.
3 Since I myself have studied everything carefully from the beginning, most excellent Theophilus, it seemed good for me to write it out for you. I arranged it in order,
4 to help you know that what you have been taught is true.
5 During the time Herod ruled Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah who belonged to Abijah’s group. Zechariah’s wife, Elizabeth, came from the family of Aaron.
6 Zechariah and Elizabeth truly did what God said was good. They did everything the Lord commanded and were without fault in keeping his law.