[3] It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write in order, most excellent Theophilus, [4] That thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou hast been instructed. [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.