The author of Luke’s gospel was educated and literate: as much is obvious from today’s pericope, which begins with the first ...

What do we know if anything about Luke? Traditions report that Luke was a companion of Paul, a physician and therefore someone learned in Hellenistic literary and scientific culture. All of those ...

Luke is the only gospel writer who tells the parables of the prodigal son (15:11-32) and the good Samaritan (10:25-37). He alone tells us the stories of Mary and Martha (10:38-42) and of the ...

Luke's unequivocal answer was "Yes." Tradition holds that the author of the gospel of Luke was a physician and a traveling companion of the apostle Paul. History offers no evidence to substantiate ...