Luke 1 is the first chapter of the Gospel of Luke in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. With 80 verses, it is one of the longest chapters in the New Testament. This chapter describes the birth
The beginning of the Gospel of Luke (chapter 1:1–7a), folio 102 in Minuscule 481, made in 10th century
Luke 1:1–7 in Codex Nitriensis (c. 550), Tischendorf's edition
The Latin text of Luke 1:5–8 in Codex Gigas (13th century)
The Annunciation, by El Greco (completed 1575)
A gospel is a loose-knit, episodic narrative of the words and deeds of Jesus Christ, culminating in his trial and death, and concluding with various reports of his post-resurrection appearances. It or
Luke 1
…term could simply mean a fellow believer, since theo philus is Greek for God lover. Early Christian tradition uniformly affirms that Luke composed this Gospel as well as the Acts of the Apostles, the companion volume to Luke, which is addressed to Theophilus in the same way. The title "The Gospel of Luke…
The first page of the Gospel of Mark in Armenian, by Sargis Pitsak, 14th century
Fragment of a flyleaf with the title of the Gospel of Matthew, ευανγελιον κ̣ατ̣α μαθ᾽θαιον (Euangelion kata Maththaion). From Papyrus 4 (c. AD 200), it is the earliest manuscript title for Matthew and one of the earliest manuscript titles for any gospel.
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