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Jun 25, 2019 · Abrahamic / Middle Eastern Christianity. Luke the Evangelist: Profile & Biography of Luke. Luke the Evangelist. By. Austin Cline. Updated on June 25, 2019. The name Luke comes from the Greek Loukas which may itself be an affectionate form of the Latin Lucius.
Luke 1. Dedication to Theophilus. ( Acts 1:1–3) 1 Many have undertaken to compose an account of the things that have been fulfilled among us, 2 just as they were handed down to us by the initial eyewitnesses and servants of the word. 3 Therefore, having carefully investigated everything from the beginning, it seemed good also to me to write ...
Mar 7, 2017 · By. Scott P. Richert. Updated on March 07, 2017. While two books of the Bible (the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles) are traditionally ascribed to Saint Luke, the third of the four evangelists is mentioned only three times by name in the New Testament.
The Gospel of Luke tells of the origins, birth, ministry, death, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus Christ. Together with the Acts of the Apostles, it makes up a two-volume work which scholars call Luke–Acts, accounting for 27.5% of the New Testament.
The Gospel and Acts were, in all likelihood, tagged with the name Luke when they were deposited in the library of the author’s patron, Theophilus (Luke 1:3). Within a century there was a widespread and undisputed tradition identifying that Luke with an otherwise insignificant physician and colleague of Paul.
St. Luke was one of the four evangelists. A Gentile from Antioch in Syria, St. Paul calls him “the beloved physician” (Col. 4:14), indicating his previous occupation.
Luke the Evangelist is one of the Four Evangelists—the four traditionally ascribed authors of the canonical gospels. The Early Church Fathers ascribed to him authorship of both the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles.
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