So it also seemed good to me, since I have carefully investigated everything from the very first, to write to you in an orderly sequence, most honorable(A) Theophilus,(B) so that you may know the certainty of the things about which you have been instructed.[a](C)

Gabriel Predicts John’s Birth

In the days of King Herod(D) of Judea, there was a priest of Abijah’s division(E) named Zechariah. His wife was from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.

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Footnotes

  1. 1:4 Or informed

Después de haber investigado todo con sumo cuidado desde su origen, me ha parecido una buena idea escribírtelas por orden, para que llegues a conocer bien la verdad de lo que se te ha enseñado.

Anuncio del nacimiento de Juan

En los días de Herodes, rey de Judea, había un sacerdote llamado Zacarías, de la clase de Abías,(A) cuya esposa, Elisabet, era descendiente de Aarón.

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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,

That thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou hast been instructed.

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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