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Luke

20 passages cited, from 3 classic reference works.

These works date from 1884–1897 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.

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The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.

Colossians 4:14Easton · Smith · Nave A physician
Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you.
2 Timothy 4:11Easton · Smith · Nave To Rome
Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with thee: for he is profitable to me for the ministry.
Acts 17:1Easton · Smith
Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews:
Acts 20:5Smith · Nave Accompanies Paul in his tour of Asia and Macedonia
These going before tarried for us at Troas.
Acts 20:6Smith · Nave Accompanies Paul in his tour of Asia and Macedonia
And we sailed away from Philippi after the days of unleavened bread, and came unto them to Troas in five days; where we abode seven days.
Philemon 1:1Easton · Nave To Rome
Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy our brother, unto Philemon our dearly beloved, and fellowlabourer,
Luke 1:1–4Nave Wrote to Theophilus
Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us, Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word; It seemed good to…
Luke 1:2Easton
Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word;
Acts 1:1Nave Wrote to Theophilus
The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach,
Acts 1:2Nave Wrote to Theophilus
Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen:
Acts 13:1Smith
Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
Acts 16:9Smith
And a vision appeared to Paul in the night; There stood a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help us.

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Acts 16:10–13 Nave Accompanies Paul in his tour of Asia and Macedonia
Acts 21:1–18 Nave To Jerusalem
Acts 21:18 Smith
Acts 27:1–44 Nave To Rome
Acts 28:1–31 Nave To Rome
Romans 16:21 Smith
Colossians 4:11 Smith
Philemon 1:24 Smith

In the reference works

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 11 references

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.

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 12 references

(light-giving), or Lu’cas, is an abbreviated form of Lucanus. It is not to be confounded with Lucius, (Acts 13:1; Romans 16:21) which belongs to a different person. The name Luke occurs three times in the New Testament-- (Colossians 4:14; 2 Timothy 4:11); Phle 1:24 --And probably in all three the third evangelist is the person spoken of. Combining the traditional element with the scriptural we are able to trace the following dim outline of the evangelist’s life. He was born at Antioch in Syria, and was taught the science of medicine. The well known tradition that Luke was also a painter, and of no mean skill, rests on the authority of late writers. He was not born a Jew, for he is not reckoned among those "of the circumcision" by St. Paul. Comp. (Colossians 4:11) with ver. 14. The date of his conversion is uncertain. He joined St. Paul at Troas, and shared his Journey into Macedonia. The sudden transition to the first person plural in (Acts 16:9) is most naturally explained after all the objections that have been urged, by supposing that Luke the writer of the Acts, formed one of St. Paul’s company from this point. As far as Philippi the evangelist journeyed with the apostle. The resumption of the third person on Paul’s departure from that place, (Acts 17:1) would show that Luke was now left behind. During the rest of St. Paul’s second missionary journey we hear of Luke no more; but on the third journey the same indication reminds us that Luke is again of the company, (Acts 20:5) having joined it apparently at Philippi, where he had been left. With the apostle he passed through Miletus, Tyre and Caesarea to Jerusalem. ch. Acts 20:6; 21:18 As to his age and death there is the utmost uncertainty. He probably died a martyr, between A.D. 75 and A.D. 100. He wrote the Gospel that bears his name, and also the book of Acts.

In the topical indexes

Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 12 references, grouped by sub-topic

→ (A disciple)
→ A physician Col 4:14
→ Wrote to Theophilus Lu 1:1-4; Ac 1:1,2
→ Accompanies Paul in his tour of Asia and Macedonia Ac 16:10-13; 20:5,6
→ To Jerusalem Ac 21:1-18
→ To Rome Ac 27; 28; 2Ti 4:11; Phm 1:24

Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.

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