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: archive.org: Easton's Bible Dictionary

Luke definition and references: The evangelist, was a Gentile. The date and circumstances of his conversion are unknown. According to his own statement (Luke 1:2), he was not an 鈥渆ye-witness and minister of the word from the beginning.鈥� It is probable that he was a physician in Troas, and was there converted by Paul, to whom he attached himself. He accompanied him to Philippi, but did not there share his imprisonment, nor did he accompany him further after his release in his missionary journey at this time (Acts 17:1). On Paul鈥檚 third visit to Philippi (20:5, 6) we again meet with Luke, who probably had spent all the intervening time in that city, a period of seven or eight years. From this time Luke was Paul鈥檚 constant companion during his journey to Jerusalem (20:6-21:18). He again disappears from view during Paul鈥檚 imprisonment at Jerusalem and Caesarea, and only reappears when Paul sets out for Rome (27:1), whither he accompanies him (28:2, 12-16), and where he remains with him till the close of his first imprisonment (Philemon 1:24; Colossians 4:14). The last notice of the 鈥渂eloved physician鈥� is in 2 Timothy 4:11.

There are many passages in Paul鈥檚 epistles, as well as in the writings of Luke, which show the extent and accuracy of his medical knowledge.

: archive.org: Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Luke refers to: 鈥渓uminous; white鈥濃€擺The definitions from this source are translations of Hebrew names found in the Bible and are included in Hitchcock's New and Complete Analysis of the Holy Bible].

: archive.org: Smith's Bible Dictionary

Luke refers to:鈥�(light-giving), or Lu鈥檆as, is an abbreviated form of Lucanus. It is not to be confounded with Lucius, (Acts 13:1; Romans 16:21) which belongs to a different person. The name Luke occurs three times in the New Testament鈥� (Colossians 4:14; 2 Timothy 4:11); Phle 1:24鈥擜nd probably in all three the third evangelist is the person spoken of. Combining the traditional element with the scriptural we are able to trace the following dim outline of the evangelist鈥檚 life. He was born at Antioch in Syria, and was taught the science of medicine. The well known tradition that Luke was also a painter, and of no mean skill, rests on the authority of late writers. He was not born a Jew, for he is not reckoned among those 鈥渙f the circumcision鈥� by St. Paul. Comp. (Colossians 4:11) with ver. 14. The date of his conversion is uncertain. He joined St. Paul at Troas, and shared his Journey into Macedonia. The sudden transition to the first person plural in (Acts 16:9) is most naturally explained after all the objections that have been urged, by supposing that Luke the writer of the Acts, formed one of St. Paul鈥檚 company from this point. As far as Philippi the evangelist journeyed with the apostle. The resumption of the third person on Paul鈥檚 departure from that place, (Acts 17:1) would show that Luke was now left behind. During the rest of St. Paul鈥檚 second missionary journey we hear of Luke no more; but on the third journey the same indication reminds us that Luke is again of the company, (Acts 20:5) having joined it apparently at Philippi, where he had been left. With the apostle he passed through Miletus, Tyre and Caesarea to Jerusalem. ch. Acts 20:6; 21:18 As to his age and death there is the utmost uncertainty. He probably died a martyr, between A.D. 75 and A.D. 100. He wrote the Gospel that bears his name, and also the book of Acts.

: archive.org: Nave's Topical Bible

Luke definition and references: 鈥�(A disciple)
鈥揂 physician Colossians 4:14
鈥揥rote to Theophilus Luke 1:1-4; Acts 1:1,2
鈥揂ccompanies Paul in his tour of Asia and Macedonia Acts 16:10-13; 20:5,6
鈥揟o Jerusalem Acts 21:1-18
鈥揟o Rome Acts 27; 28; 2imothy 4:11; Philemon 1:24

: archive.org: Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature

Luke refers to:鈥擳his name is a contraction of Lucanus, and indicates that Luke was descended from heathen ancestors, and that he was either a slave or a freedman. According to ecclesiastical tradition, the author of the Gospel is the same Luke who is mentioned in Paul's Epistles, and who is called, in the last-mentioned passage, 'the physician.' This tradition is confirmed by the Acts of the Apostles, according to which the author of that work accompanied the Apostle Paul in his journeys (, sq.; ). Luke accompanied Paul also in his last journeys to Jerusalem and Rome (; Acts 27; Acts 28). The profession of a physician harmonizes also with the condition of a freedman, indicated by the form of the name. The higher ranks of the Romans were disinclined to practice medicine, which they left rather to their freed-men. It harmonizes with this that Paul distinguishes Luke from the Christians of Jewish descent, whom, in , he styles, 'being of the Circumcision.' Eusebius states that Antioch in Syria was the native city of Luke. In this city there was at an early period a congregation of Christians converted from heathenism.

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: archive.org: Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Luke refers to:鈥�(See Acts.) Contracted from Lucanus , as Silas is contracted from Silvanus . A slave name. As Luke was a "physician," a profession often exercised by slaves and freedmen, he may have been a freedman. Eusebius (H.E. iii. 4) states that Antioch was his native city. He was of Gentile parentage before he became a Christian; as appears from Colossians 4:11,14: "Luke the beloved physician" (one of "my fellow workers unto the kingdom of God which have been a comfort unto me") is distinguished from those "of the circumcision."

That he was not of "the seventy" disciples, as Epiphanius (Haer. i. 12) reports, is clear from his preface in which he implies he was not an" eye witness"; the tradition arose perhaps from his Gospel alone recording the mission of the seventy. His history in Acts is first joined with that of Paul at Troas (Acts 16:10), where the "we" implies that the writer was then Paul's companion. He accompanied the apostle in his journey to Jerusalem and Rome, at Paul's first Roman imprisonment "Luke my fellow labourer," Philemon (Philemon 1:24) written from Rome, as also Colossians (Colossians 4:14); also in Paul's last imprisonment there, when others forsook him Luke remained faithful (2 Timothy 1:15; 2 Timothy 4:11 "only Luke is with me".) His death by martyrdom between A.D. 75 and 100 is generally reported.

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