Luke 1:3-11

³It seemed good to me, having made observation, with great care, of the direction of events in their order, to put the facts in writing for you, most noble Theophilus;

⁴So that you might have certain knowledge of those things about which you were given teaching.

⁵In the days of Herod, king of Judaea, there was a certain priest, by name Zacharias, of the order of Abijah; and he had a wife of the family of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.

⁶They were upright in the eyes of God, keeping all the rules and orders of God, and doing no wrong.

⁷And they were without children, because Elisabeth had never given birth, and they were at that time very old.

⁸Now it came about that in his turn he was acting as priest before God,

⁹And as was the way of the priests, he had to go into the Temple to see to the burning of perfumes.

¹⁰And all the people were offering prayers outside, at the time of the burning of perfumes.

¹¹And he saw an angel of the Lord in his place on the right side of the altar.