{"id":1167,"date":"2019-08-12T17:09:42","date_gmt":"2019-08-12T17:09:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/imaginingancientcorinth.com\/?page_id=1167"},"modified":"2023-12-21T14:26:25","modified_gmt":"2023-12-21T20:26:25","slug":"luke","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/imaginingancientcorinth.com\/?page_id=1167","title":{"rendered":"Luke the Evangelist"},"content":{"rendered":"
\r\n

<\/p>\r\n

\"Luke<\/a>
Luke the Evangelist painting the Vladimir Mother of God icon. 16th century. Pskov Museum-Reserve.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

The author of the Third Gospel and Acts of the Apostles is traditionally credited to Luke<\/strong> (\u039b\u03bf\u03c5\u03ba\u1fb6\u03c2), a companion to Paul, and affirmed in the writings of the early church writers. \u00a0Although not named in either work, Luke is mentioned by name in Paul\u2019s letter to Philemon 24 as one of Paul\u2019s \u201cfellow workers\u201d (\u03bf\u1f31 \u03c3\u03c5\u03bd\u03b5\u03c1\u03b3\u03bf\u03af \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5) and in Colossians 4:14 is called \u201cthe beloved physician\u201d (\u1f41 \u1f30\u03b1\u03c4\u03c1\u1f78\u03c2 \u1f41 \u1f00\u03b3\u03b1\u03c0\u03b7\u03c4\u03cc\u03c2) \u00a0\u00a0Moreover, although most of Acts is narrated in the third person, there are four sections where the author uses the first person plural, known as the We-Sections (16:10-17, 20:5-15, 21:1-18, and 27:1-28:16). \u00a0These passages are thought to derive from Luke\u2019s travel notes and are usually interpreted to suggest that he accompanied Paul in his second journey from Troas in Asia Minor to Philippi in northern Greece, on Paul\u2019s third journey from Philippi to Jerusalem, and Paul\u2019s final journey from Caesarea to Rome.<\/p>\r\n

<\/p>\r\n

<\/p>\r\n

\"Outline<\/a>
Craig Blomberg. “The Outline of Luke-Acts.” Jesus and the Gospels: An Introduction and Survey. 2nd ed. 2009. p. 162.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

The Third Gospel and Acts are meant to be read as a two volume set. \u00a0They both are addressed to the same Theophilus. The ending of Luke\u2019s Gospel and the opening of Acts reference the ascension of Jesus into heaven and the coming of the Spirit. \u00a0They are both set in a consistent geographical and historical framework. Luke\u2019s Gospel begins and ends with the Jesus-story in Jerusalem while Acts begins in Jerusalem and ends with the spread of Christ\u2019s message outward all the way to Rome, the heart of the Roman empire. \u00a0Moreover, Luke situates the life of Christ and the early church in both Roman and Palestinian events, such as the birth of Jesus (Luke 2:1-2), the beginning of Jesus\u2019 ministry (Luke 3:1), and Jesus\u2019 trial (Luke 23:1-5). And Acts depicts the formation of the early Christian church within world history, moving from Jerusalem to the rest of Judaea and Samaria (Acts 8:1) and Galilee (8:40, 9:31). From there, it spreads to Syria and Phoenicia (11:19), to the Roman provinces in Asia and Greece (e.g., 14:1; 16:11), and finally to Rome itself (28:14).<\/p>\r\n

<\/p>\r\n

<\/p>\r\n

Fitzmyer, Joseph, ed. The Acts of the Apostles<\/em>. The Anchor Bible. New York: Doubleday, 1998.<\/p>\r\n

<\/p>\r\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The author of the Third Gospel and Acts of the Apostles is traditionally credited to Luke (\u039b\u03bf\u03c5\u03ba\u1fb6\u03c2), a companion to Paul, and affirmed in the writings of the early church writers. \u00a0Although not named in either work, Luke is mentioned by name in Paul\u2019s letter to Philemon 24 as one of Paul\u2019s \u201cfellow workers\u201d (\u03bf\u1f31 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imaginingancientcorinth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1167"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imaginingancientcorinth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imaginingancientcorinth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imaginingancientcorinth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imaginingancientcorinth.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1167"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/imaginingancientcorinth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1167\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1729,"href":"https:\/\/imaginingancientcorinth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1167\/revisions\/1729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imaginingancientcorinth.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}