Weymouth New Testament in Modern Speech, Luke

Produced by Martin Ward
Weymouth New Testament in Modern Speech, Luke
Third Edition 1913
R. F. Weymouth
001:001 Seeing that many have attempted to draw up a narrative of the facts which are received with full assurance among us
001:002 on the authority of those who were from the beginning eye-witnesses and were devoted to the service of the divine Message,
001:003 it has seemed right to me also, after careful investigation of the facts from their commencement, to write for you, most noble Theophilus, a connected account,
001:004 that you may fully know the truth of the things which you have been taught by word of mouth.
001:005 There was in the time of Herod, the king of Judaea, a priest of the name of Zechariah, belonging to the class of Abijah. He had a wife who was a descendant of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.
001:006 They were both of them upright before God, blamelessly obeying all the Lord's precepts and ordinances.
001:007 But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren; and both of them were far advanced in life.
001:008 Now while he was doing priestly duty before God in the prescribed course of his class,