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Luke was written to be read aloud to a group of Jesus-followers gathered in a house to share the Lord's Supper. [26] The author assumes an educated Greek-speaking audience, but directs his attention to specifically Christian concerns rather than to the Greco-Roman world at large. [31]
Luke, the third book in the New Testament canon, was written by Luke, a physician and companion of Paul on some of his journeys. Often referred to as the “Gospel of mercy,” the book portrays Jesus as showing compassion toward the marginalized, poor, and outcast.
Irenaeus quotes from nearly every ch. of the gospel, often referring to Luke as the author. Clement of Alexandria, who had received the tradition handed down from father to son from the apostles (Stromata I. i. p. 322, ed. Potter), quotes the gospel frequently and definitely assigns it to Luke.
Gospel According to Luke, third of the four New Testament Gospels and, with Mark and Matthew, one of the three Synoptic Gospels. It is traditionally credited to St. Luke, a close associate of St. Paul the Apostle, and was written for Gentile converts.
Brief Summary: Called the most beautiful book ever written, the Gospel of Luke begins by telling us about Jesus’ parents; the birth of His cousin, John the Baptist; Mary and Joseph’s journey to Bethlehem, where Jesus is born; and the genealogy of Christ through Mary.
The name Luke appears three times in letters attributed to Paul. (These are, incidentally, the only appearances of this name in the New Testament.) Unfortunately, this Luke is never identified as the gospel writer. Of course, that hasn’t stopped speculation, from the time of Irenaeus on.
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.
Who Wrote the Book of Luke? Christian tradition holds that Luke, a first-century C.E. historian, physician, and disciple of Jesus, is the author of this compilation of stories and eyewitness accounts of the life of Jesus. Context.
The Gospel of Luke was written to give a reliable and precise historical record of the life of Jesus Christ. Luke spelled out his purpose for writing in the first four verses of chapter one.
It is traditionally credited to St. Luke, “the beloved physician” (Col. 4:14), a close associate of the St. Paul the Apostle. Luke’s Gospel is clearly written for Gentile converts: it traces Christ’s genealogy, for example, back to Adam, the “father” of the human race rather than to Abraham, the father of the Jewish people.