Luke.
Jesus the Saviour for all peoples — special attention to the poor, women, outsiders, and the marginalised.
Who wrote Luke?
Luke the physician, Paul's companion.
Who was it written for?
Theophilus and Gentile Christians more broadly.
Structure
- Birth narratives (1–2): the Magnificat, the shepherds
- Galilean ministry (3–9)
- The long journey to Jerusalem (9:51–19:27)
- Passion and resurrection (19:28–24)
Key verses
Why Luke matters
Luke is the most thorough Gospel ("I too decided… to write an orderly account," 1:3), the most concerned with social outsiders, and the source of some of Jesus's most-loved parables (the good Samaritan, the prodigal son, the rich fool). The infancy narratives — Mary's Magnificat, the shepherds, Simeon and Anna — exist only in Luke. The Emmaus road conversation (chapter 24) is the great post-resurrection scene of disciples learning to read the whole Old Testament about Jesus.
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