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Luke was a physician ( Col. 4:14) and a travel companion of the apostle Paul. He wrote this Gospel and its sequel, the book of Acts. The earliest possible date of Luke– Acts is immediately after the events that Luke recorded in Acts 28, which would have been c. A.D. 62. Both Luke and Acts are addressed to “Theophilus” ( Luke 1:3; Acts 1:1 ...
Luke. New Testament Overviews. The Gospel of Luke emphasizes the upside-down nature of God’s Kingdom—a place where all are welcome and power structures are reversed. Luke 1-9 Luke 10-24. Go Deeper With Our Guide to the Book of Luke.
The Gospel of Luke (literally, according to Luke; Greek, Κατά Λουκαν, Kata Loukan) is a synoptic Gospel, and the third and longest of the four canonical Gospels of the New Testament. The text narrates the life of Jesus, with particular interest concerning his birth, ministry, death, and resurrection; and it ends with an account of the ...
The ancient prologue goes on to state that Luke eventually settled in the Greek city of Thebes, where he died at age 84. 1. Luke’s own introduction to his gospel indicates that Luke composed the letter with the purpose of providing a careful rendering of the events of Christ’s life in chronological order. As a physician, Luke would have ...
Luke is traditionally thought of as one of Paul's traveling companions and it's certainly the case that the author of Luke was from those Greek cities in which Paul had worked. Luke's gospel is a ...
The Gospel according to Luke was probably the last Synoptic Gospel to be written. [4] Since Luke precedes Acts, it is essential to date Acts before a date for Luke can be determined. The abrupt ending of Acts may be the single most important factor in deriving a date. Luke leaves the reader with Paul being in Rome and waiting to present his ...
Luke’s Book is the Gospel of mercy. The evangelist emphasizes the universality of the message of Jesus ( 2:14 ; 2:32 ). In the genealogy, Jesus appears as the son of Adam, the father of all mankind ( 3:38 ); and the final command of the risen Lord is to proclaim the remission of sins to all nations ( 24:47 ).
