What books of the Bible did Luke write?

Answer 1

Luke, a companion of the Apostle Paul, is traditionally believed to have authored both the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles in the New Testament. The Gospel of Luke focuses on the life, ministry, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, while Acts details the early history of the Christian church and the spread of the gospel. Luke's writing is characterized by its attention to detail, historical accuracy, and emphasis on the universal message of salvation.

Answer 2

Christians believe Luke wrote the Gospel of Luke and the book of Acts.

Several of the early church fathers, including Irenaeus, Tertullian and Clement of Alexandria consider the Gospel of Luke was written by Luke. The content of Luke and Acts lead to the conclusion they were written to the same person - Luke 1:3 and Acts 1:1 - and by the same author - Acts 1:1.

Answer 3

Another answer from our community:If indeed there was a physician named Luke who lived in the time of Paul, it seems unlikely that he wuld still have been alive at the end of the first century, when the Gospel that now bears his name was written. Luke was known universally by the early Church as the writer of the Gospel, and this knowledge was passed down to those who determined the validity of the books to be included in the Biblical canon. If they were not known to be written by an eyewitness or associate of an eyewitness, they were not included in the New Testament. Internal evidence supports authorship by Luke.

Similarly, the same author is regarded as the writer of Acts since a 'former treatise' is mentioned in the first verses, the style and themes are the same and the subject matter is continuous with the Gospel of Luke.

2 books: Luke and Acts of the Apostles

Answer 4

For convenience, we call the anonymous author of two New Testament books, Luke's Gospel and Acts of the Apostles, by the name 'Luke'. However the attribution to Luke, physician and companion of Paul, was only made later in the second century and is unlikely to be correct. Paul's companion Luke is unlikely to have written any book in the New Testament.

Answer 5

The Gospel According to Saint Luke and Acts of the Apostles were both written anonymously and attributed in the mid-second century by the Church Fathers to Luke, a physician mentioned in the epistles. However, the prologues of Luke's Gospel and Acts of the Apostles are inconsistent with its author learning anything from the apostle Paul.

Moreover, Luke is only mentioned in Colossians and 2 Timothy, and very few scholars believe that these epistles were really written by Paul. In fact, 2 Timothy is called one of the "Pastorals" because it deals with pastoral concerns of the Church early in the second century. Thus, there is no evidence that Paul knew anyone called Luke. And if there was no Luke, then Luke did not really write these books.

Answer 6

Five books of the New Testament are generally attributed to John: the Gospel According to St John, three epistles and Revelation. It is worth noting that of the five New Testament books, only Revelation claims to have been written by John, while the others were published anonymously. The Gospel was not attributed to the disciple John until at least the middle of the second century CE.
It can be readily shown that several authors contributed to the Johannine epistles. In theology and doctrinal points, in language and expression, the epistles are more primitive than the Gospel. There is no reason for believing that the Johannine epistles were written by the same author as John's Gospel.
Some scholars say that 1 John was written in 3 stratas and by various authors, and that this process was completed before the Gospel of John. The first strata was from a Jewish, pre-Christian sect; the second strata made reference to Jesus as the Son of God; the third strata saw him as "coming in the flesh" for propitiation of sins and as "the Christ". An important difference compared to John's Gospel is that the author of the Johannine epistles never referred to Jesus as the"Word", other than in the single instance of the disputed verse 1 John 5:7, which is not found in the earliest manuscripts of this epistle and is widely regarded as a fourth century insertion.

Moreover, the consensus of most biblical scholars is that the author of the Gospel was not the author of Revelation. The book of Revelation probably consists of pre-Christian material woven into later material from the Apostolic period.

Finally, had the Gospel's author been the disciple John he could be expected to have a good knowledge of the life of Jesus and not be required to rely on other sources for information. Yet there is clear evidence that the author of John's Gospel based his Gospel on that of Luke, although he made some effort to write new episodes about the life, death and resurrection of Jesus. Just two examples to show this:

• Luke and John are the only gospels that mention sisters called Mary and Martha, and the only gospels that mention Lazarus. Luke contains a brief story of Jesus visiting the sisters, while Lazarus is in a parable that mentions his resurrection hypothetically. John wrote an important episode, in which Jesus visited the sisters, Mary and Martha, and resurrected their dead brother, Lazarus. The similarities are too great to be mere coincidences, yet they are not the same story.

• John narrated an episode in which the risen Jesus appeared to the fishermen beside the Sea of Tiberias and, casting their nets on the other side, they caught so many fish that they could not bring them all in. This is really a repetition of the miracle catch of fish described by Luke as an event which took place at the same spot during Jesus' life. Once again, the similarities are too great to be mere coincidences - the author of John copied material from Luke and was therefore not a disciple of Jesus.

So, the evidence is that the disciple called John wrote no part of the New Testament. And only Revelation even claims to have been written by a person called John.

Answer 7

Luke, the fellow-labourer mentioned by Paul, was credited later in the second century with writing the previously anonymous gospel now known as Luke's Gospel, and Acts of the Apostles. However, modern New Testament scholars long ago realised that these attributions are unlikely to be correct.

Answer 8

Luke wrote the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles.

Answer 9

Luke is believed to have written 27.5 percent of the New Testament. Luke is perceived to have written for a primarily Gentile audience or for those who had non-Israelite lineage.

Answer 10

7.41 PERCENT. Peter wrote two out of the 27 books in the New Testament. The two books are First Peter and Second Peter.