1 Since many have indeed taken in hand to set in order an account of the matters completely confirmed among us,
2 as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word delivered them to us,
3 it seemed good to me as well, having followed up all these matters exactly from the beginning, to write to you an orderly account, most excellent Theophilos,
4 that you might know the certainty of the words which you were taught.
5 There was in the days of Herodes, the sovereign of Yehuḏah, a certain priest named Zeḵaryah, of the division of Aḇiyah. And his wife was of the daughters of Aharon, and her name was Elisheḇa.