Since Luke-Acts was originally a single work, it is important to note that the purpose of Acts is normally examined in conjunction with the Book of Luke.

In fact, Fitzmyer believes that the preface of Luke should only be “ the starting point in the discussion of the aim of Luke-Acts .” Because the author ’ s intended purpose for the Book of Acts is not that straightforward, scholars have put forth four main claims to address this.

The Book of Chronicles is alluded to, though not directly quoted, in the New Testament ( Hebrews 5: 4 ; Matthew 12: 42 ; 23: 35 ; Luke 1: 5 ; 11: 31, 51 ).

The fragments given as the Commentary on Luke in the PG have been claimed to derive from the missing tenth book of the General Elementary Introduction ( see D. S. Wallace-Hadrill ); however, Aaron Johnson has argued that they cannot be associated with this work ( see “ The Tenth Book of Eusebius ’ General Elementary Introduction: A Critique of the Wallace-Hadrill Thesis ,” Journal of Theological Studies, 62. 1 ( 2011 ): 144-160 ).

Luke, who wrote the Gospel of Luke, was a physician who lived around AD 30 to 130 ( exact years are not known ), and he also wrote the Book of Acts in the Bible.

In the last chapter of the Book of Acts, widely attributed to Luke, we find several accounts in the first person also affirming Luke's presence in Rome including Acts 28: 16: " And when we came to Rome ..." According to some accounts, Luke also contributed to authorship of the Epistle to the Hebrews.

A preterist discussion of the Tribulation has its focus on the Gospels, in particular the prophetic passages in Matthew 24, Mark 13 and Luke 21, the Olivet discourse, rather than on the Apocalypse or Book of Revelation.

Many Christians support a secular state, and may acknowledge that the conception has support in Biblical teachings, particularly the statement of Jesus in the Book of Luke: " Then give to Caesar what is Caesar's, and to God what is God's .".

Turning directly to The Bible, Kriyananda argues for a more scripturally mature Christianity in which The Second Coming is treated not in terms of a profane materialism-one which favors a literal, physical and subsequently anti-spiritual resurrection-but rather unfolds in accordance with the more spiritual aspirations of The Book of Luke ; for " Neither shall they say, Lo here!

A preterist discussion of the Tribulation has its focus on the Gospels, in particular the prophetic passages in Matthew 24, Mark 13 and Luke 21, rather than on the Apocalypse or Book of Revelation.

* According to the Book of Luke, the ministries of John the Baptist and Jesus began in this year.

A guest narrator is also invited most years to read the Christmas story from the Book of Luke.

* Rhinehart, Luke The Book of est, Holt, Rinehart and Winston ( 1976 ) ISBN 978-0-557-30615-2

Practitioners believe serpent handling dates to antiquity and quote the Book of Mark and the Book of Luke to support the practice:

Although arguments about some potential New Testament books, such as the Shepherd of Hermas and Book of Revelation, continued well into the 4th century, four canonical gospels, attributed to Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, were accepted among proto-orthodox Christians at least as early as the mid-2nd century.

( Luke 1: 11 ) But Christians of the Catholic traditions call him an archangel, following terminology developed in the Intertestamental period, especially the Book of Enoch.

R. i. 5 ), is specially interesting from the fact that Book of Luke, xiv.

It also is the site of the Good Samaritan parable in the Book of Luke.

Among the volumes published were Luke Tells the Good News About Jesus ( 1987 ), The Good News Travels Fast – The Acts Of The Apostles ( 1988 ), A Few Who Dared to Trust God ( 1990 ), and A Book About Jesus ( 1991 ).

In the Slavic usage, the Gospel Book contains the full text of the four Gospels in canonical order ( Matthew, Mark, Luke, John ), with annotations in the margins to indicate the beginning and ending of each reading, and a table of readings in the back.

" Another argument is that the author of the Book of Acts used Josephus as a source and made a mistake in a reading the text, taking a later reference to the execution of the " sons of Judas the Galilean " after the rebellion of Theudas as saying that the rebellion of Judas was later ; however there is disagreement as to whether the author ( s ) of Luke used Josephus.

“ Acts, then is a continuation of the Lucan Gospel, not in the sense that it relates what Jesus continued to do, but how his followers carried out his commission under the guidance of his Spirit .” Thus, part of the answer to the purpose of Acts is that Luke is writing to Theophilus, who is also mentioned in Luke 1: 3, in order to explain to him the occurrences that take place in the church that fulfill Jesus ’ promise to his disciples that “ you will be baptized with, the Holy Spirit not many days from now ” ( Acts 1: 5 ).

( Acts 3: 13 ; 5: 30 ; 15: 10 ; 22: 14 ; 26: 6 ; 28: 5 ) Those who agree with this claim often reject that Luke is writing an apology.

Luke begins with a global perspective, dating the birth of Jesus to the reign of the Roman emperors in Luke 2: 1 and 3: 1.

In the New Testament e. g. Matthew 1: 1, 1: 18 ; Mark 1: 1 ; John 1: 17 ; 17: 3 ; 9: 22 ; Mark 9: 40 ; Luke 2: 11 ; 22: 2, the word Christ is preceded by Jesus.

Among the teachings of Jesus Christ in the Gospel of Luke and the Gospel of Matthew, the message to his followers that one should " Turn the other cheek " and his example in the story Pericope Adulterae, in which Jesus intervenes in the stoning of an adulteress, are generally accepted as his condemnation of physical retaliation ( though most scholars agree that the latter passage was " certainly not part of the original text of St John's Gospel ") More militant Christians consider Romans 13: 3 – 4 to support the death penalty.

* " The New Testament's Anti-Jewish Slander and Conventions of Ancient Polemic ", Luke Johnson, Journal of Biblical Literature, Volume 3, 1989

Luke may have originally begun with verses 3: 1-7, a second prologue.

In this view, Luke might have originally started at 3: 1, with John the Baptist.

In the passage of Adversus Haereses under consideration, Irenaeus is clear that after receiving baptism at the age of thirty, citing Luke 3: 23, Gnostics then falsely assert that " He preached only one year reckoning from His baptism ," and also, " On completing His thirtieth year He suffered, being in fact still a young man, and who had by no means attained to advanced age.

The quotations refer to the fulfillment of a prophecy of Psalm 2: 7 found in the Western text-type of Luke 3: 22.

* J. Wenham, " The Identification of Luke ", Evangelical Quarterly 63 ( 1991 ), 3 – 44

: Genesis 2: 2 – 3 ; Exodus 16: 23 – 30 ; Exodus 20: 8 – 11 ; Matthew 5: 17 – 19 ; Mark 2: 27 – 28 ; Luke 4: 16 ; Acts 13: 14, 42 – 44 ; 16: 11 – 13 ; 17: 2 – 3 ; 18: 4 – 11 ; Ezekiel 20: 19 – 20 ; Hebrews 4: 9 – 10 ; John 14: 15 ; Isaiah 58: 13 – 14 ; Luke 23: 56.

A description of the very first report of the UHI by Luke Howard in the late 1810s said that the urban center of London was warmer at night than the surrounding countryside by 3. 7 ° F.

* January 3 – Luke Appling, American baseball player ( b. 1907 )

The New Testament states that John the Baptist baptised unto repentance in the Jordan ( Matthew 3: 5-6 ; Mark ; Luke ; John ).

He is also included in the Genealogy of Jesus, according to Luke 3: 23 – 38.

) A descendant of Zerubbabel and father of Eliakim ( Matthew 1: 13, " Abiud "); called also Juda ( Luke 3: 26 ), and Obadiah ( 1 Chr.

Perhaps for this reason, Annas was still called " high priest " even after his dismissal, along with Caiaphas ( Luke 3: 2 ).

Luke 3: 2 indicates a joint high priesthood " of Annas and Caiaphas " when the word of God came to John the son of Zechariah in the wilderness.

These groups, along with other Christians opposed to capital punishment, have cited Christ's Sermon on the Mount ( transcribed in Matthew Chapter 5 – 7 ) and Sermon on the Plain ( transcribed in Luke 6: 17 – 49 ).

" ( NRSV ) Further definition by Jesus can be found in the Gospel of Luke, Chapter 14.

Luke describes the " generations of Christ " in Chapter 3 of Luke's Gospel, beginning with Jesus himself and tracing backwards through his " earthly father " Joseph all the way to Adam.

She is among the women listed in the Gospel of Luke at the beginning of Chapter 8 as being one of the Myrrhbearers.

* – See Chapter 5: Davidson, Luke, The kiss of life in the eighteenth century: the fate of an ambiguous kiss.