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| Name | LUKE |
| Aliases | THE BELOVED PHYSICIAN / COMPANION OF PAUL / WRITER OF THE GOSPEL AND ACTS |
| Status | EVANGELIST AND HISTORIAN / FAITHFUL TO PAUL TO THE END |
| Birth | UNRECORDED | Marks & Identifiers | THE CAREFUL HISTORIAN OF THE GOSPEL |
| Place of Birth | ANTIOCH (BY TRADITION) | Hair | UNRECORDED |
| Tribe | NONE (LIKELY A GENTILE) | Eyes | UNRECORDED |
| Parentage | UNRECORDED | People | THE CHURCHES OF PAUL'S MISSION |
| Occupation | PHYSICIAN / EVANGELIST / HISTORIAN | Species | HUMAN |
| Affiliation | THE APOSTOLIC MISSION | Calling | THE ORDERLY WITNESS WHO RECORDED THE GOSPEL AND ACTS |
| Primary Mission | SET DOWN AN ORDERLY ACCOUNT OF THESE THINGS | Known Signs | THE CAREFUL RESEARCH / THE WE-PASSAGES OF THE JOURNEYS |
| Covenant Role | WRITER OF A QUARTER OF THE NEW TESTAMENT | Divine Access | INDIRECT / INVESTIGATED CAREFULLY FROM THE EYEWITNESSES |
| Divine Encounter Level | INDIRECT | Apostolic Classification | THE BELOVED PHYSICIAN |
| Covenant Status | FAITHFUL WITNESS | Known Miracles | NONE RECORDED |
| Divine Commission | CONFIRMED | Threat Assessment | THE PERILS OF PAUL'S JOURNEYS, SHARED |
| Mission Status | FAITHFUL / ONLY LUKE REMAINED AT THE END | Archive Category | APOSTOLIC / THE RECORD |
How Paul described his trade: LUKE, THE BELOVED PHYSICIAN
Who was with Paul at the last: ONLY LUKE IS WITH ME
The subject was a physician, called by Paul the beloved physician, and by tradition a Gentile of Antioch, the only likely non-Jewish writer of the New Testament.
He set out to write an orderly account for one named Theophilus, having carefully investigated everything from the beginning, following the eyewitnesses and ministers of the word, that his reader might know the certainty of what he had been taught.
His Gospel is rich in the mercy of Christ toward the poor, the outcast, women, and sinners, and his second book, the Acts, traces the gospel from Jerusalem to Rome.
In parts of Acts he writes as an eyewitness, saying we, for he traveled with Paul on his journeys, sharing shipwreck and imprisonment and the labors of the mission.
He remained with Paul to the end. In the apostle's last letter, when others had deserted him, Paul wrote that only the subject was with him, a faithful companion and careful chronicler of the acts of Christ and His church.
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- Careful, honest investigation can serve the truth of the gospel well.
- The good news reaches the poor, the outcast, and the outsider with mercy.
- Faithful friends stay to the end, when others have drifted away.
