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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.

Lucas (Man living at the time of the New Testament)

The Latin form of Luke, Paul's travelling companion and doctor. Early tradition gives him the Gospel of Luke and Acts, which would make him the one Gentile writer in the New Testament.

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The Latin form of Luke, Paul's travelling companion and doctor. Early tradition gives him the Gospel of Luke and Acts, which would make him the one Gentile writer in the New Testament.

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Lucas is the Latin form of Luke, Paul's traveling companion and physician, and early church tradition credits him with writing both the Gospel of Luke and the book of Acts, making him the only Gentile author in the New Testament.

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Where it appears
  • Colossians 4:14
  • 2 Timothy 4:11
  • Philemon 1:24

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