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      • Saint Luke, also known as Luke the Evangelist, is widely regarded as the author of both the Gospel of Luke and the Book of Acts. He wrote more of the New Testament than anyone else—even the Apostle Paul.
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  2. Because of their common authorship, the Gospel of Luke and Acts of the Apostles are often jointly referred to simply as Luke-Acts. Similarly, the author of Luke-Acts is often known as "Luke"—even among scholars who doubt that the author was actually named Luke.

  3. Sep 20, 2017 · For three main reasons, almost all scholars believe the Gospel of Luke was written by the same person who wrote Acts: Luke and Acts were written in the same style and express the same theology; Both books are addressed to the same person—a man named Theophilus; Acts 1:1–2 appears to tie the two books to the same author

  4. The association that the Third Gospel holds with the book of Acts illustrates the association that the author had with the apostle Paul due to the “we passages” in Acts. The external evidence unanimously holds Dr. Luke as the author of Luke-Acts. No other contenders exist.

  5. Sep 15, 2020 · 1. What proofs are there to support “evidence that Luke is the writer of the Book of Acts?”. The answers below make a strong case that Acts and the 3rd Gospel share authorship. What you need now is evidence for Lucien authorship of the 3rd Gospel.

  6. Jun 25, 2019 · The first to identify the Luke in Paul’s letters with the author of the Gospel according to Luke and Acts was Irenaeus, bishop of Lyons in the late 2nd century. Luke was not, then, an eyewitness of the gospel events. He edited traditional material of which he came into possession.

  7. Jan 5, 2020 · There really is only one time of separation of Paul and the author in this very long section of Acts, when Paul and Silas go off to Thessalonica (17,1) without the putative author, who himself eventually went back to Troas in 20,5, which is the same place where they first met in 16,10.

  8. Although Luke-Acts is technically anonymous, there are several indications within the text to support the tradition that Luke is the author. Among the more helpful data found in the text is that the author was not an apostle (Acts 1:2), but he was present at many of the events he narrates (1:1).

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