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The New Testament mentions Luke briefly a few times, and the Epistle to the Colossians refers to him as a physician (from Greek for 'one who heals'); thus he is thought to have been both a physician and a disciple of Paul.
Jan 4, 2022 · Luke was a close friend of Paul, who referred to him as “the beloved physician” (Colossians 4:14). Perhaps Luke’s interest in medicine is the reason his gospel gives such a high profile to Jesus’ acts of healing.
Jan 1, 2021 · Luke is the only gospel writer that recorded Jesus’ statements about physicians. “Physician, heal yourself!” (Luke 4:23). “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick” (Luke 5:31).
Feb 11, 2019 · Saint Luke, the beloved physician and friend of Paul, wrote a Gospel and the book of Acts. He emphasized Jesus Christ's humanity.
Jun 1, 2024 · Saint Luke, in Christian tradition, the author of the Gospel According to Luke and the Acts of the Apostles, a companion of Saint Paul the Apostle, and the most literary of the New Testament writers. Information about his life is scanty. He is usually regarded as a physician and a Gentile.
Mar 29, 2019 · While he was presumably educated as a physician (Colossians 4:14), today Luke is celebrated as one of the church’s earliest historians. His methodical, detailed writings give us the only thorough record of what happened after Jesus ascended to heaven.
Here we need only remark that the emphatic mention of him as "the beloved physician" suggests the idea that it was both as physician and as friend that St. Luke, now, as in the last captivity, was with the Apostle.
Jul 4, 2004 · Introductions, Arguments, Outlines. I. AUTHOR: LUKEStrictly speaking, The Gospel of Luke is anonymous, but Luke the physician and companion of Paul is probably the author of the Gospel by his name. He was also the author of its companion work, The Book of Acts.
Jun 25, 2019 · The inauthentic passages describe Luke as “the beloved physician.” The authentic passage describes him as someone working with Paul. This same Luke is usually identified as the author of the gospel of Luke and Acts.
But Luke, the physician, is more precise in his description of the case: 'holden by a great fever.' He traces the cure to the word of rebuke, which, no doubt ...
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