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The '''Gospel of Luke''' is the 3rd book in the [[New Testament]] coming after the Gospels of [[Gospel of Matthew|Matthew]] and [[Gospel of Mark|Mark]] and before the [[Gospel of John]].  It tells the story of the life of Jesus, being written to [[Theophilus]].  Luke does not claim to be an eyewitness, but instead one who has "carefully investigated everything from the beginning" (Luke 1:3) and now wants to "write an orderly account" so that Theophilus would "know the certainty of the things" he had been taught. (Luke 1:3-4)

The '''Gospel of Luke''' is the 3rd book in the [[New Testament]] coming after the Gospels of [[Gospel of Matthew|Matthew]] and [[Gospel of Mark|Mark]] and before the [[Gospel of John]].  It tells the story of the life of Jesus, being written to [[Theophilus]].  Luke does not claim to be an eyewitness, but instead one who has "carefully investigated everything from the beginning" (Luke 1:3) and now wants to "write an orderly account" so that Theophilus would "know the certainty of the things" he had been taught. (Luke 1:3-4)

Luke is considered one of the [[synoptic gospels]] and Luke is generally considered to have borrowed from Mark as one of his sources as did Matthew.  It is unknown if Matthew or Luke borrowed from each other or which came first.

Luke is considered one of the [[Synoptic Gospels]] and Luke is generally considered to have borrowed from Mark as one of his sources as did Matthew.  It is unknown if Matthew or Luke borrowed from each other or which came first.

==Authorship==

==Authorship==

[[Image:Gospel of Luke in Arab.gif|thumb|This tenth-century Egyptian codex was donated to Pope Eugenius IV by the Coptic delegates at the Council of Ferrara-Florence. Translated from a Coptic original, it is one of the earliest Arabic versions of any part of the New Testament, none of which can be dated before the late eighth or ninth centuries.]]

[[Image:Gospel of Luke in Arab.gif|thumb|This tenth-century Egyptian codex was donated to Pope Eugenius IV by the Coptic delegates at the Council of Ferrara-Florence. Translated from a Coptic original, it is one of the earliest Arabic versions of any part of the New Testament, none of which can be dated before the late eighth or ninth centuries.]]

'''The Gospel of Luke''' does not name its author, but as a companion volume to the [[book of Acts]], it can be inferred by the use of "we" when describing part of Paul's journeys that the author traveled with Paul and Luke, the doctor, becomes the most likely candidate.  The extremely sophisticated Greek of Luke also argues for a man who was very educated as does his attention to detail and the medical language in use matches that of other ancient Greek doctors.  The ancient church father [[Irenaeus]] ascribed the work to Luke as does the [[Muratorian Canon]].  It is also mentioned by [[Clemente of Alexandria]].

'''The Gospel of Luke''' does not name its author, but as a companion volume to the [[book of Acts]], it can be inferred by the use of "we" when describing part of Paul's journeys that the author traveled with Paul and [[Luke]], the doctor, becomes the most likely candidate.  The extremely sophisticated Greek of Luke also argues for a man who was very educated as does his attention to detail and the medical language in use matches that of other ancient Greek doctors.  The ancient church father [[Irenaeus]] ascribed the work to Luke as does the [[Muratorian Canon]].  It is also mentioned by [[Clemente of Alexandria]].

==Place of Writing==

==Place of Writing==

==Date==

==Date==

Luke is generally believed to have been written in the 70's or 80's, but it is also possible it was written in the late 50's or early 60's based upon the abrupt ending in Acts.  The thinking goes why wouldn't Luke have continued the history in Acts if he had written it later?  And why wouldn't he have mentioned the [[martyr|martyrdom]] of Paul?

Luke is generally believed to have been written in the 70's or 80's, but it is also possible it was written in the late 50's or early 60's based upon the abrupt ending in Acts.  The thinking goes why wouldn't Luke have continued the history in Acts if he had written it later?  And why wouldn't he have mentioned the [[martyr|martyrdom]] of [[Paul]]?

== See also ==

== See also ==