2. even as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word delivered them to us,
3. it seemed good to me also, having traced the course of all things accurately from the first, to write to you in order, most excellent Theophilus;
4. that you might know the certainty concerning the things in which you were instructed.
5. There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zechariah, of the priestly division of Abijah. He had a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisheva.
6. They were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord.