Gospel of Luke
Scripture · Gospel · c. 80–90 · Greek
The first volume of a two-part work addressed to Theophilus: an ordered account 'of the things accomplished among us', with the fullest infancy narrative and the parables of mercy. Tradition names Luke, the beloved physician and Paul's companion — the one evangelist writing for a Greek ear.
To: Theophilus, and through him the Gentile church
Surviving witnesses
- 𝔓45 · GA P45 · Chester Beatty Papyrus I · 3rd century · Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, BP I
- א · GA 01 · Codex Sinaiticus · 4th century · British Library · Leipzig University Library · St Catherine's Monastery, Sinai · National Library of Russia, Add MS 43725 (London)
- Rabbula · Rabbula Gospels · 586 · Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Florence, Plut. I, 56
Authors
- Luke the Evangelist author