Page "Gospel of Luke" Paragraph 29

According to the majority view, the evidence against Luke's being the author is strong enough that the author is unknown.

The Book of Acts contradicts the letters of Paul on many points, such as Paul's second trip to Jerusalem for an apostolic council.

Paul placed an emphasis on Jesus ' death while the author of Luke instead emphasizes Jesus ' suffering, and there are other differences regarding eschatology and the Law.

Paul described Luke as “ the beloved physician ”, leading Hobart to claim in 1882 that the vocabulary used in Luke-Acts suggests its author may have had medical training.

However, this assertion was contradicted by an influential study by Cadbury in 1926, and has since been abandoned ; instead it is now believed this language reflects merely a common Greek education.