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Inasmuch as many have undertaken to compile an account of the things ^[a](a)accomplished among us,

just as they were handed down to us by those who ^(b)from the beginning ^[b]were ^(c)eyewitnesses and ^[c](d)servants of ^(e)the ^[d]word,

it seemed fitting for me as well, ^(f)having ^[e]investigated everything carefully from the beginning, to write it out for you ^(g)in consecutive order, ^(h)most excellent ⁽ⁱ⁾Theophilus;

so that you may know the exact truth about the things you have been ^[f](j)taught.

^(k)In the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a priest named ^[g]Zacharias, of the ^(l)division of ^[h]Abijah; and he had a wife ^[i]from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.