The Gospel of Luke

Luke was known as and called the “beloved physician” by Paul the apostle. Like a good physician, he saw people as they were and loved them just the same. His gospel is the easiest to read because it is written in the first person, and he presupposed that his audience wasn’t familiar with Jewish customs. He was also a Gentile, and is the only New Testament writer who isn’t a Jew. Paul was an apostle to the Gentiles Christians, and a good friend to Luke. It is believed that he might have encouraged him to write this account to a non-Jewish society dominated by Greek culture and language. Luke wrote his gospel in common everyday Greek between 63-70 A.D.
The Gospel according to Luke is the first part of a two-volume work that continued the biblical history of God’s dealings with humanity found in the Old Testament. It showed how God’s promises to Israel had been fulfilled in Jesus, and how the salvation promised to Israel and accomplished by Jesus had been extended to...