Gospel of Luke
book of the New Testament
book of the New Testament
The Gospel of Luke is a work belonging to the gospel genre, composed in Biblical Greek and dated to approximately 85 CE [1][6][7]. It is the third of the New Testament's canonical Gospels and forms part of a larger two-volume work known as Luke–Acts, together with the Acts of the Apostles, collectively accounting for 27.5% of the New Testament [10][11]. The work is named after Luke the Evangelist and is commonly abbreviated as Lk [5][4].
The gospel narrates the origins, birth, ministry, death, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus [11]. Beginning with a preface and birth narratives of both John and Jesus, the text moves geographically from Galilee toward Jerusalem [8]. It espouses a three-stage understanding of salvation history encompassing the era of the Law and the prophets, the epoch of Jesus, and the period of the church [8]. The Holy Spirit features more prominently here than in comparable works, forming a basis for the early Christian community portrayed within its pages [8].
The Gospel of Luke is divided into at least twelve named chapters and has been described and documented by major reference sources including the Encyclopædia Britannica and The Catholic Encyclopedia [3][2].
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