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'''Luke''' was a [[Greek]] doctor who wrote the [[Gospel of Luke]] and the [[Acts (of the Apostles)|Acts of the Apostles]]. Luke did not observe the events of [[Jesus]]'s life first hand, but relied upon eyewitness accounts from others. Since Luke was a highly educated man, his gospel is very detailed and comprehensive. Archaeologist William Ramsay called Luke of the best historians of ancient times, as a number of the details he mentioned in his Gospel and the book of Acts have since been confirmed by modern [[archaeology]]. <ref>http://www.bibleevidences.com/archeology.htm#Footnote%203</ref>
'''Luke''' was a [[Greek]] doctor who wrote the [[Gospel of Luke]] and the [[Acts (of the Apostles)|Acts of the Apostles]].
Unlike [[Matthew the Apostle|Matthew]] and [[John the Apostle|John]], Luke did not observe the events of [[Jesus]]'s life first hand, but relied upon eyewitness accounts.
And unlike Matthew who wrote for a Jewish audience, Luke wrote for a [[Gentile]] audience.
Since Luke was a highly educated man, his gospel is very detailed and comprehensive.
Archaeologist [[William Ramsay]] said of Luke:
{{QuoteBox|Luke's history is unsurpassed in respect of its trustworthiness ...<ref>Sir William Ramsay, ''The Bearing of Recent Discovery on the Trustworthiness of the New Testament'' (Grand Rapids: Baker, 1953), p. 222. ISBN 978-0801076770 (quoted at [http://www.xenos.org/teachings/topical/objections/accurate.htm])</ref>}}
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{{QuoteBox|Luke is a historian of the first rank; not merely are his statements of fact trustworthy ... this author should be placed along with the very greatest historians.<ref>Sir William Ramsay, ''St. Paul the Traveller and the Roman Citizen'' (Grand Rapids: Baker, 1962), p. 81. (quoted at [http://www.xenos.org/teachings/topical/objections/accurate.htm])</ref>}}
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