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Luke

Also called Lucas

Mentioned AD 64–66 traditional (Jones)

The evangelist, was a Gentile. The date and circumstances of his conversion are unknown.

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

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3 verses

Computed from the data. Years are traditional (Jones).

Family

Two generations up and the children. Gold lines join partners; grey lines run from parent to child; a dotted line marks a parent named in the text but not by descent.

Stories

17 events in which Luke takes part, in order of the traditional chronology. Years are traditional (Jones).

  1. AD 46Second Missionary JourneyActs 15:1–18:23
  2. AD 47Call to MacedoniaActs 16:9-12
  3. AD 47Lydia's ConversionActs 16:13-15
  4. AD 47Paul casts demon out of soothsayerActs 16:16-18
  5. AD 50Third Missionary JourneyActs 18:24–20:16
  6. AD 54Mission to Macedonia and GreeceActs 20:1-6
  7. AD 54Eutychus revivedActs 20:7-12
  8. AD 54Voyage to MiletusActs 20:13-16
  9. AD 54Paul speaks to Ephesian EldersActs 20:17-38
  10. AD 54Voyage from Miletus to JerusalemActs 21:1-17
  11. AD 54Paul visits elders in JerusalemActs 21:18-26
  12. AD 56Journey to Rome beginsActs 27:1-12
  13. AD 56Paul's Journey to RomeActs 27:1–28:31
  14. AD 57Paul is shipwrecked by a stormActs 27:13-44
  15. AD 57Paul stays at MaltaActs 28:1-10
  16. AD 57Paul arrives at RomeActs 28:11-16
  17. AD 57Paul's First Roman imprisonmentActs 28:17-31

Timeline

The strip runs from Creation to AD 100; the shaded part, AD 39–91, is drawn below at a larger scale around these mentions. Years are traditional (Jones), shown as recorded, not as settled fact.

Mentions

3 tagged verses in 3 books. Select a book to read its verses.

  1. Colossians1
  2. 2 Timothy1
  3. Philemon1

The name in each translation

TextOccurrences of each name
BSBLuke 3Lucas 0
KJVLuke 2Lucas 2
ASVLuke 3Lucas 0

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Every verse

All 3 tagged verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.

Colossians1 verse
  1. 4:14

    Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas send you greetings.

2 Timothy1 verse
  1. 4:11

    Only Luke is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, because he is useful to me in the ministry.

Philemon1 verse
  1. 1:24

    as do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

The full entry, public domain, as printed in 1897.

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 “eye-witness and minister of the word from the beginning.” 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’s 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’s constant companion during his journey to Jerusalem (20:6-21:18). He again disappears from view during Paul’s 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; Col. 4:14). The last notice of the “beloved physician” is in 2 Tim. 4:11.

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