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Person

Luke

Also called Lucas

Mentioned in 3 verses across 3 books, first in Colossians 4:14. The verses below are the ones linked to this person (the Theographic dataset, with our sourced corrections).

At a glance

Gender: Male

Often appears with

Named in the same verses most often. Sharing a verse doesn’t always mean they met.

Demas2 verses
John Mark2 verses
Aristarchus1 verse

Places

Where the data places them (born, died, or an event they take part in) first; then places named in the same verses, which does not mean they were there.

Philippiscene of “Call to Macedonia”; scene of “Lydia's Conversion” +2 more
Neapolisscene of “Call to Macedonia”
Samothracescene of “Call to Macedonia”
Troasscene of “Call to Macedonia”; scene of “Mission to Macedonia and Greece” +1 more
Macedoniascene of “Call to Macedonia”; scene of “Mission to Macedonia and Greece”
Greecescene of “Mission to Macedonia and Greece”
Asiascene of “Voyage to Miletus”; scene of “Journey to Rome begins” +1 more
Chiosscene of “Voyage to Miletus”
Miletusscene of “Voyage to Miletus”; scene of “Paul speaks to Ephesian Elders”
Samosscene of “Voyage to Miletus”
Mitylenescene of “Voyage to Miletus”
Assosscene of “Voyage to Miletus”

In the Bible

All 3 verses, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.

Colossians

Colossians 4:14
Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas send you greetings.

2 Timothy

2 Timothy 4:11
Only Luke is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, because he is useful to me in the ministry.

Philemon

Philemon 1:24
as do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.

Events

Events the dataset lists Luke as taking part in. Dates follow its Ussher–Jones reckoning (one of several traditional counts), not established history.

c. AD 46
Second Missionary JourneyActs 15:1–18:23
no date
Call to MacedoniaActs 16:9–12 · at Philippi, Neapolis, Samothrace, Troas, Macedonia
c. AD 47
Lydia's ConversionActs 16:13–15 · at Philippi
c. AD 47
Paul casts demon out of soothsayerActs 16:16–18 · at Philippi
c. AD 50
Third Missionary JourneyActs 18:24–20:16
no date
Mission to Macedonia and GreeceActs 20:1–6 · at Philippi, Troas, Greece, Macedonia
no date
Eutychus revivedActs 20:7–12 · at Troas
no date
Voyage to MiletusActs 20:13–16 · at Asia, Chios, Miletus, Samos, Mitylene, Assos, Trogyllium
no date
Paul speaks to Ephesian EldersActs 20:17–38 · at Miletus
no date
Voyage from Miletus to JerusalemActs 21:1–17 · at Judea, Caesarea, Ptolemais, Jerusalem, Tyre, Syria, Cyprus, Phenicia, Patara, Rhodes, Coos
c. AD 54
Paul visits elders in JerusalemActs 21:18–26 · at Jerusalem
c. AD 56
Journey to Rome beginsActs 27:1–12 · at Phenice, Lasea, Fair Havens, Crete, Cnidus, Salmone, Alexandria, Cilicia, Lycia, Myra, Pamphylia, Cyprus, Sidon, Asia, Adramyttium, Italy

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Dictionary

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. The entry is for the name and can describe more than one person who bore it. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.

Read Easton’s entry

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.