Who wrote the books of luke and acts?
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Who wrote the books of luke and acts according to the traditional view? Who wrote the books of luke and acts according to the critical views?
Luke the physician Luke
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Who wrote the books of luke and acts according to the traditional view? Who wrote the books of luke and acts according to the critical view?
Luke the physician Luke
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Luke–Acts Authorship of Luke–Acts
books of luke and acts
Luke–Acts Authorship of Luke–Acts Acts of the Apostles Theophilus (biblical) Gospel of Luke Luke the Evangelist Four Evangelists Historical reliability of the Acts of the Apostles Acts 20 Historical reliability of the Gospels
<b>Luke</b>–<b>Acts</b> is the composite work of the Gospel of <b>Luke</b> and the <b>Acts</b> of the 
Apostles in the New Testament. Both of these <b>books</b> of the Bible are credited to 
<b>Luke</b>. Furthermore, there are linguistic and theological similarities between the Gospel 
of <b>Luke</b> and the <b>Book</b> of <b>Acts</b>. As one scholar writes, &quot;the extensive linguistic&nbsp;... The <b>Acts</b> of the Apostles often referred to simply as <b>Acts</b>, or formally the <b>Book</b> ... 
There are also differences between <b>Luke and Acts</b>, amounting at times to outright 
contradiction. For example, the gospel seems to&nbsp;... In return Sabinus set <b>Luke</b> free and he travels with Paul to Antioch dedicating the 
<b>book</b> of <b>Acts</b> to Sabinus. Theophilus was the governor of <b>Luke&#39;s</b> hometown of&nbsp;... <b>Luke</b>–<b>Acts</b> is a religio-political history of the Founder of the church and his 
successors, in both deeds and words. The author describes his <b>book</b> as a &quot;
narrative&quot; (&nbsp;... In the last chapter of the <b>Book</b> of <b>Acts</b>, widely attributed to <b>Luke</b>, there are several 
accounts in the first person also affirming <b>Luke&#39;s</b> presence in Rome, including&nbsp;... <b>Luke</b> – a doctor who wrote what is now the <b>book of Luke</b> to Theophilus. Also 
known to have written the <b>book</b> of <b>Acts</b> (or <b>Acts</b> of the Apostles) and to have been 
a&nbsp;... The historical reliability of the <b>Acts</b> of the Apostles, the principal historical source 
for the ... <b>Luke</b>–<b>Acts</b> is a two-part historical account traditionally ascribed to <b>Luke</b>, 
who was believed to be a follower of Paul. ... Like most New Testament <b>books</b>, 
there are differences between the earliest surviving manuscripts of <b>Acts</b>. In the 
case&nbsp;... It records the third missionary journey of Paul the Apostle. The <b>book</b> containing 
this chapter is anonymous, but early Christian tradition uniformly affirmed that 
<b>Luke</b>&nbsp;... The historical reliability of the Gospels refers to the reliability and historic 
character of the four ... Scholars tend to consider <b>Luke&#39;s</b> works (<b>Luke</b>-<b>Acts</b>) to be 
closer in genre to &quot;pure&quot; history, although they also note ... The first complete 
copies of single New Testament <b>books</b> appear around 200, and the earliest 
complete copy of&nbsp;...
Luke
Authorship of Luke–Acts