Jason luke biography bible verse

It is surprising that someone who is mentioned as rarely in the Scriptures as Luke would have such a vital role in the writing thereof.  His name is mentioned only three times, yet he wrote two of the most important accounts in the Bible—carefully researched accounts of both Christ’s life and a history of approximately the first thirty years of the early church.

Nothing is recorded of Luke’s birth or death, but a bit can be deduced about his character and livelihood.  In one of his epistles Paul used the nickname beloved physician to describe Luke.

This implies that he was kind and amicable—a man cherished by the Christian community.  Luke was apparently a Gentile medical doctor who accompanied and cared for Paul on at least a portion of his second and third missionary journeys.  For a time he was also the sole companion of the imprisoned Paul in Rome shortly before the apostle’s martyrdom.

For any who ever wonder about the reliability