The Gospel of Luke is the third of the New Testament's canonical Gospels. It tells of the origins, birth, ministry, death, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus. Together with the Acts of the Apostles,
Luke 13:29–14:10 on Papyrus 45 (recto; c. AD 250)
Papyrus 45, an AD 3rd-century Greek papyrus of the Gospel of Luke
Subscriptio to the Gospel of Luke in Codex Macedoniensis 034 (Gregory-Aland), 9th century
Parable of the Sower (Biserica Ortodoxă din Deal, Cluj-Napoca, Romania)
Luke the Evangelist was one of the Four Evangelists—the four traditionally ascribed authors of the canonical gospels. The Early Church Fathers ascribed to him authorship of both the Gospel of Luke and
Gospel of Luke
…accounting for 27.5% of the New Testament. The Gospel of Luke shares the same author as the Acts of the Apostles. Tradition identifies the writer as Luke the Evangelist, a doctor who travelled with Paul the Apostle, though the text does not name its author. Perhaps most scholars think that he was a companion of Paul…
A Folio of Saint Luke, from the Lorsch Gospels depicting him with the traditional attribute of an angelic Ox behind him
Τετραευάγγελο Ε140 της Μεγίστης Λαύρας. Ευαγγελιστής Λουκάς. 15ος αιώνας
Print of Luke the Evangelist
James Tissot, Saint Luke, Brooklyn Museum