Did luke know Jesus

Answer 1

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Luke was Paul's physician and travelling companion. Since Paul never saw Jesus personally (only in a vision), then it's unlikely that Luke saw Jesus personally.

Answer 2

Almost all of the gospels reutedly written at or about the time of Jesus' life and death were actually written much later - the earliest was written almost fifty years later; it is extremely unlikely that anybody who personally knew (or even met) Jesus was still around at that time.

Answer 3

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We do not know whether the author of Luke's Gospel met any of the apostles who had known Jesus, simply because we do not know who the author was. The fact is that the gospel now known as Luke's Gospel was originally anonymous, until attributed to Luke the physician and companion of Paul, by the Church Fathers later in the second century. That attribution was speculative and is in any case unlikely to have been true, since the third gospel was written around the end of the first century.

The introduction to the gospel indicates the author knew no one close to Jesus, or even to Paul. Luke 1:2 says that the gospel contains what was handed down over time, beginning with those who the author believed to have been eyewitnesses. We now know that the sources handed down to this author were Mark's Gospel and the hypothetical 'Q' document.

Answer 4

There is no suggestion anywhere in The Bible that either Paul or his companion, Luke, ever met Jesus.

The attribution of the Gospel of Luke is also considered unlikely to be true: the Gospel was originally anonymous and was only attributed to Luke later in the second century, largely because the Church Fathers were looking for an educated man who must have known Paul, and decided that Luke was the only possible candidate they knew. Whoever did write Luke's Gospel clearly did not know Jesus, because he copied much of Mark's Gospel, often in exactly the same words in the Greek language Luke also relies heavily on the hypothetical 'Q' document. It was written in the 90s of the first century or very early in the second century, much too late for a contemporary of Jesus.

Answer 5

In all probability, yes, as a man alive in Israel at the time of Christ. But the Bible never states this directly.

Answer 6

yes they were best friends

Answer 7

no