His life Luke the Evangelist
james tissot, saint luke (saint luc), brooklyn museum.
epiphanius states luke 1 of seventy apostles (panarion 51.11), , john chrysostom indicates @ 1 point brother paul mentions in second epistle corinthians 8:18 either luke or barnabas.
if 1 accepts luke in fact author of gospel bearing name , acts of apostles, details of personal life can reasonably assumed. while exclude himself eyewitnesses jesus ministry, repeatedly uses word in describing pauline missions in acts of apostles, indicating there @ times.
there similar evidence luke resided in troas, province included ruins of ancient troy, in writes in acts in third person paul , travels until troas, switches first person plural. section of acts continues until group leaves philippi, when writing goes third person. change happens again when group returns philippi. there 3 sections in acts, following rule. luke never stated, however, lived in troas, , evidence did.
luke depicted in head-piece of armenian gospel manuscript 1609 held @ bodleian library.
the composition of writings, range of vocabulary used, indicate author educated man. quote in letter of paul colossians differentiates between luke , other colleagues of circumcision.
10 fellow prisoner aristarchus sends greetings, mark, cousin of barnabas. 11 jesus, called justus, sends greetings. these jews among co-workers kingdom of god, , have proved comfort me. ... 14 our dear friend luke, doctor, , demas send greetings. colossians 4:10–11, 14.
this comment has traditionally caused commentators conclude luke gentile. if true, make luke writer of new testament can identified not being jewish. however, not possibility. although luke considered gentile christian, scholars believe him hellenized jew. phrase used differentiate between christians strictly observed rituals of judaism , did not.
luke s presence in rome apostle paul near end of paul s life attested 2 timothy 4:11: luke me . in last chapter of book of acts, attributed luke, find several accounts in first person affirming luke s presence in rome including acts 28:16: , when came rome... according accounts, luke contributed authorship of epistle hebrews.
luke died @ age 84 in boeotia, according , widespread tradition . according nikephoros kallistos xanthopoulos (ecclesiastical history 14th century ad., migne p.g. 145, 876) , others, luke s tomb located in thebes, whence relics transferred constantinople in year 357.
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