Luke 1:1-6
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1 Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us,
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2 Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word;
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3 It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus,
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4 That thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou hast been instructed.
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5 There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.
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6 And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.