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Luke was a companion of Paul (Acts 16:10-11 2 Timothy 4:11 Philemon 1:24) and Paul called him the beloved physician (Colossians 4:14).

With the word us, Luke put himself in the community of Christians who believed and received the accounts of Jesus’ life. When Luke wrote, most Christians already knew all about the life of Jesus, both from the oral accounts passed on by the original disciples, and by the biographies that had already been written. Those things which have been fulfilled among us: The previously mentioned writings contain things already commonly known and believed among Christians of Luke’s day. Thiede’s findings are based on a careful analysis of the handwriting script used on the recently discovered fragments.ī. But the work of German papyrus expert Carsten Thiede (in December 1994) suggests that we actually possess copies of Matthew that date close to the very time of Jesus. Some researchers claim that the writings about Jesus did not come about until two or perhaps three generations after His death on the cross. This may be a reference to the works of Mark and Matthew (most people think John was written after Luke), and it may also refer to other biographies of Jesus not directly inspired by the Holy Spirit. Many have taken in hand: Luke wrote his gospel knowing that many had already written histories of the life of Jesus. Inasmuch as many have taken in hand to set in order a narrative of those things which have been fulfilled among us, just as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word delivered them to us,Ī. (1-2) Mention of the prior accounts of the life of Jesus. But it is written for the man on the street.” Luke wrote so that people would understand Jesus, not so they would admire his brain and literary skill.

Through this, Luke said to us, “This account has all the proper academic and scholarly credentials. But then, for the rest of the gospel, Luke didn’t use the language of scholars but of the common man, the language of the village and the street. They are written in refined, academic, classical style.

The first four verses of Luke’s gospel are one sentence in the original Greek.