Luke, the physician of Antioch and gentile convert of Paul, wrote the Gospel of Luke and Acts of the Apostles before his death in A.D. 90. [1] Luke's strong belief in social equality guided his interpretation of Jesus' teachings, emphasizing equality rather than renunciation of possessions. [2]
Luke, a gentile convert of Paul, presents Jesus as friend of publicans and sinners in his Gospel, written in A.D. 82. [3] Luke compiled his Gospel from accounts by Paul, eyewitnesses, Mark, Isador, and records of Cedes and Andrew. [4] The episode of the widow’s son at Nain spread across Galilee and Judea, where many believed Jesus had raised him from the dead. [5]
Luke's account of the destruction of Jerusalem and the second coming of the Master on the Mount of Olives was greatly influenced by the apocryphal writings of Selta. [6] Luke's Gospel is somewhat influenced by the Gospel preached by Paul. [7] Luke delayed writing the Gospel due to Jesus' avoidance of leaving written records. [8] Luke omitted Peter's night vision from his narrative because he determined it to be merely a vision. [9]
Peter's style in the Gospel of Luke hints at his energetic teachings found in the Gospel of Mark and his original vigor in the First Epistle of Peter, later modified by a follower of Paul. [10]
The reconciliation of dates of Jesus’ baptism indicates that Luke places the event in A.D. 26, when Jesus was almost thirty-one and one-half years old. [11]
Mark, Matthew, and Luke retain something of Jesus as he struggled to ascertain and do the divine will, while John portrays a triumphant Jesus fully aware of his divinity. [12] Luke heard the story of the thief on the cross from the converted Roman captain. [13]