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can someone tell me?

donia_kiwidonia_kiwi
edited December 1969 in Faith Issues
who wrote the gospel of st.luke?
is st.luke of the disciple , i think he was not one of them correct me if i was wrong..
the first few verses in Ch.1 shows that someone else few people whom deliver the word to st.luke and he wrote the gospel.. so how st.luke know about all of this?

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  • minatasgeelminatasgeel
    [quote author=donia_kiwi link=topic=5978.msg79880#msg79880 date=1196491818]
    who wrote the gospel of st.luke?
    is st.luke of the disciple , i think he was not one of them correct me if i was wrong..
    the first few verses in Ch.1 shows that someone else few people whom deliver the word to st.luke and he wrote the gospel.. so how st.luke know about all of this?



    lol......It is St. Luke. St. Luke wasn't on he wasn't one of the 12 disciples but he was one of the 72 apostles.
  • Anglican
    St. Luke wrote it, and as he says, he did so by gathering together oral tradition and combining it with his own memories. (Verses 1-3 of St. Luke 1). In other words, the blessed Saint is recording what he and many eye witnesses saw. At the time when the Gospel was first read there would have been many people living who would have said 'hey, it didn't happen like that!' if he had erred. There is no sign that happened.

    Those who doubt the truth of the Gospels always ignore this sort of consideration. It is not 'made up', it is the testimony of a Saint filled with the Holy Spirit who recorded what he and others had seen.

    In Christ,

    Anglian
  • Basant TawfikBasant Tawfik


    lol......It is St. Luke. St. Luke wasn't on he wasn't one of the 12 disciples but he was one of the 72 apostles.


    yes u r correct St.Luke wasn't one of the diciples. but he was an apostle. But isn't there 70 apostles? Yah!!! Right?
  • LifeinChristLifeinChrist
    no there are 72. not 70.
  • Basant TawfikBasant Tawfik
    [quote author=His Servant link=topic=5978.msg80152#msg80152 date=1197251265]
    no there are 72. not 70.


    NO!!! IT IS 70!!!
  • HolmesHolmes
    [coptic]+ Iryny nem `hmot>[/coptic]

    While I realize Church tradition attributes the author of both Luke and Acts to St. Luke, it would seem from the prologue of the Gospel that Luke (or the anonymous author) himself was not a witness to the events of the Gospel.  Looking at the first 4 verses we find:

    [quote=Luke 1:1-4]1.  Since many have undertaken to set down an orderly account of the events that have been fulfilled among us,
    2.  just as they were handed on to us by those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word,
    3.  I too decided, after investigating everything carefully from the very first, to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus,
    4.  so that you may know the truth concerning the things about which you have been instructed.
    (bolding mine)

    This seems to indicate that the author of the Gospel, was himself, not an apostle.  Any thoughts?
  • HolmesHolmes
    [coptic]+ Iryny nem `hmot>[/coptic]

    John,

    I realize you have attempted at an explanation, but verse 2 in particular seems to indicate that the author was not, himself, an eyewitness, but merely gathered the information from those who were eyewitnesses.  But then, maybe I'm just resuming my role as devil's advocate as per usual.  :D
  • LifeinChristLifeinChrist
    [quote author=Biscutt link=topic=5978.msg80153#msg80153 date=1197254249]
    [quote author=His Servant link=topic=5978.msg80152#msg80152 date=1197251265]
    no there are 72. not 70.


    NO!!! IT IS 70!!!


    If you look at orthodox wiki... it says seventy were chosen by our Lord. But there is a total of 72. It is in the doxologies as well. "Pray to the lord on our behalf o my masters and fathers the apostles, and the 72 disciples that He may forgive us our sins."
  • Anglican
    Dear Κηφᾶς,

    I don't think there is a problem here. We know Luke was not one of the 12 original Apostles, so naturally, as one of the 70 (or 72) he takes on board what the 'originals' told him. We know he was a long-time companion of St. Paul, and that through him he had an acquaintanceship with the other Apostles. According to Eusebius St. Paul was in the habit of quoting from Luke's Gospel, calling it 'my Gospel'.

    In Christ,

    Anglian
  • whywhy
    well i think that there is 70 of them because we were just given a talk about st lukes gospels and then abouna said he was one of the 72 apostles then hes like 70 of them sorry..there was 70!
  • LifeinChristLifeinChrist
    Go to copticchurch.net and look at the first day of hatour, the second story about the apostles travaling to Emmas it says they were part of the 72 apostles. here is the link: http://www.copticchurch.net/synaxarium/3_1.html
  • Lover of the father
    There are 72 because added on to the 70 was Saint Paul and Saint Athanasius (sorry about the horrible spelling).  Luke however is, as said before one of the original 70
  • Basant TawfikBasant Tawfik
    [quote author=His Servant link=topic=5978.msg80156#msg80156 date=1197258726]
    [quote author=Biscutt link=topic=5978.msg80153#msg80153 date=1197254249]
    [quote author=His Servant link=topic=5978.msg80152#msg80152 date=1197251265]
    no there are 72. not 70.


    NO!!! IT IS 70!!!


    If you look at orthodox wiki... it says seventy were chosen by our Lord. But there is a total of 72. It is in the doxologies as well. "Pray to the lord on our behalf o my masters and fathers the apostles, and the 72 disciples that He may forgive us our sins."

    oh ok!! thnx for explaining!!
  • KrazyLionKrazyLion
    if you read chase for Christ it has an explanation to your question i read it a while back and i don't remember but if your really want to find out, read it....

    and there are 72 cause both paul and athansius were taught (or at least thats what we believe) directly by christ himself, thereby making them apostles....
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