Why Luke included in the bible?

Answer 1

I'm not sure this is what this site was meant for but the best way I can answer this question is to recommend you go to marshillchurch.org (its a Christian church in Seattle and its one of the 25 fastest growing churches in the country). Pastor Mark Driscoll does is currently going through the gospel of Luke and the first sermon goes through and talks about Luke in detail.

From what I remember Luke is a physician and he is actually hired by a rich man to basically be a journalist and go and find out as much about Jesus as possible. That is why Luke is the most articulate and detail specific of the gospels.

Additional Info

The Gospel of Luke is the first of two volumes by the same author (Luke and Acts) - see the introductory verses in in each book. Luke is referenced by name by Paul as the "dear physician" in his epistles Philemon, Colossians and II Timothy. Scholars identify him as being Greek and living in the city of Antioch. He seems to have accompanied Paul on some of his missionary journeys as indicated by passages in Acts where the pronoun "we" is used for those traveling with Paul.

Answer 2

First, it is necessary to explain that Mark's Gospel was the first Gospel to be written, and that Luke's Gospel was also written in Greek by an anonymous author, and substantially based on an incomplete copy of Mark, with some additional input from some other sources. The main secondary source was the hypothetical sayings document now called 'Q' (Quelle), which was also used by Matthew. Although scholars now realise that the attribution of the third gospel to Luke, the physician companion of Paul, has no foundation, they frequently continue to use the name Luke for its author as a matter of convenience.

Luke's Gospel closely follows Mark, except for the 'Missing Block', a total of 74.5 verses from Mark 6:47 to Mark 8:27a, that was omitted from Luke, resulting in the curious conjunction found in Luke 9:18 "And it came to pass as he was alone praying, his disciples were with him: and he asked them ..." It also follows the hypothetical 'Q' document, generally somewhat more closely than does Matthew's Gospel. Finally, there are passages unique to Luke, including its versions of Jesus' nativity and genealogy, various parables and the Lucan story of the resurrection of Jesus.

More than in any other Gospel, Luke had Jesus show compassion for the poor. Matthew and Mark have Jesus tell his followers to love their neighbours, but only Lukehas Jesus tell his followers to love their enemies.

Answer 3

Luke was a Greek Physician who worked with Paul and wrote the Gospel Of Luke and the book of Acts.

Answer 4

Luke was a doctor, or physician. This is know though Paul calling him a "beloved physician" in one of his epistles.

Answer 5

Luke is referred to as a doctor in the Pauline epistle to the Colossian.