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The Roman citizen Saul of Tarsus persecuted the early Christians. After Jesus died and went to heaven, He returned and talked to Saul, ending up converting Saul to the side of the Christians. As part of the conversion, Saul changed his name to Paul. We refer to him as Saint Paul. It was as Saint Paul that he may have had something to do with affirming Luke's gospel, but we also know quite a bit about Like from the excellent records that the ruling Romans kept in those days. We know that Luke was most likely a physician, and that one of his traveling companions was named, 'Apollos'.

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Q: Which person of those who affirmed Luke's authorship of the Gospel of Luke was actually an opponent of the church?
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Who showed that john was not the author of the gospel?

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