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Explore the fulfillment of the Bible’s overall story in the book of Luke. Discover the themes and design of Luke’s orderly eyewitness account with videos, podcasts, and more from BibleProject™.
- Who Was Luke?
- Where Is Luke from?
- Was Luke One of Jesus’ Twelve Disciples?
- Was Luke An Apostle?
- Bible Verses That Mention Luke
- How Much of The Bible Did Luke Write?
- Is Luke A Reliable Biblical Author?
- Luke: Physician, Evangelist, Historian
Most of what we know about Luke comes from his own writings and a handful of mentions in Paul’s letters. Some details of his life are ambiguous, and scholars debate what we can really gather from the limited evidence we have.
Most scholars believe that Luke was born in Antioch (as the Anti-Marcionite Prologue to the Gospel of Luke and early Christian writers claim). Acts doesn’t tell us this, either, but Antioch doesget quite a bit of attention in the book. But there’s another theory about where Luke is from. In Acts 16, Luke suddenly appears to join Paul and his compan...
Luke was not part of Jesus’ group of disciples called “the Twelve.” There are four passages that give the names of all 12 disciples (also called “apostles”), and Luke isn’t in any of them (Matthew 10:2-4, Mark 3:13-19, Luke 6:12-19, and Acts 1:12-26). Their names are: 1. Peter (also called Simon or Simon Peter) 2. James son of Zebedee 3. John son o...
Whether or not Luke was technically an apostle depends on how you define it—but most Bible scholars would say he was notan apostle. (We agree.) Some argue that “apostle” is a title reserved for the original 12 disciples, with perhaps an exception for Paul (“the apostle to the Gentiles”). Others use it more broadly to include the 72 disciples or imp...
There are only three verses that explicitly mention Luke (although a fourth-century church father argued that there couldbe a fourth). If we accept Luke as the author of Luke and Acts, then there are also technically the “we” passages, in which the author of Acts includes himself in the narrative. However, he’s not a character of consequence in tha...
The Gospel of Luke and the Book of Acts are generally considered a two-volume set because they’re both addressed to Theophilus, appear to be written by the same person (even if it wasn’t Luke), and have common themes and language, so they’re often referred to as Luke–Acts. Between these two books, Luke wrote a whopping 27.5 percent of the New Testa...
Luke has both been praised and criticized for his accuracy and attention to detail. Some hail his work as a marvel of ancient history, while others denounce it as a fabrication designed to push a theological agenda. A lot of the conflict centers around those ambiguous passages that appear to conflict with Paul, but there are also occasional histori...
For someone who wrote so much of the New Testament, we don’t know very much about Luke. But while the details of his life have largely been lost to history, Luke’s contribution to Christianity and the world live on in the Gospel of Luke and Book of Acts. Without this doctor-turned-historian, we would have massive gaps in our understanding about wha...
What does Luke chapter 1 mean? How should I understand Luke chapter 1? How does Luke chapter 1 fit with the surrounding context?
Mar 19, 2019 · We are studying Luke 19:1-10 for Sunday, March 24 – the story of Zacchaeus, “a wee little man” who not only sees Jesus but gets to host him as one of the last stops on Jesus’ journey to Jerusalem.
The Birth of John the Baptist Foretold (Luke 1:5-25) Zechariah, a priest, is visited by the angel Gabriel while serving in the temple. Despite Zechariah and his wife Elizabeth’s old age, Gabriel foretells the birth of a son, John, who will prepare the way for the Lord.
Apr 19, 2024 · 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.
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Jul 14, 2013 · Luke’s Gospel is written in ways that Jewish and non-Jewish people can understand and appreciate. In Luke, Jesus is indeed the long-awaited Messiah; He is also the savior of the nations (Lk 2:30–32). Whereas Matthew traces Jesus’ ancestry to Abraham (Mt 1:1), Luke charts His lineage all the way back to Adam (Lk 3:38).
