Author of Luke

[LtTony]

Luke, said to be a physician and companion of Paul. Was he an eyewitness to the events he wrote about? Thanks

 

[lak611]

According to the Haydock Commentary:

This evangelist did not learn his gospel from St. Paul only, (who had never been with our Lord in the flesh) but from the other apostles also, as himself informs us in the beginning of his gospel, when he says, according as they have delivered them unto us; who, from the beginning, were eye-witnesses, (Greek: autoptai) and ministers of the word. His gospel, therefore, he wrote as he heard it; but the Acts of the Apostles, from his own observations;

St. Luke was the disciple, travelling companion, and fellow-labourer of St. Paul.

 

[thistle]

Luke, said to be a physician and companion of Paul. Was he an eyewitness to the events he wrote about? Thanks

According to the New American Bible early Christian tradition identifies the author of Luke’s Gospel and the Acts of the Apostles as Luke, a Syrian from Antioch, who is mentioned in the New Testament in Col 4,14, Phlm 24, and 2 Tim 4,11 and that he is not part of the first generation of Christian disciples but is dependent upon traditions he received from those who were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word.

 

[Tantum_ergo]

Further, tradition has it that Luke’s account relied on the ‘word’ of the Blessed Virgin. . .who most certainly was an eyewitness to many events in the life of Jesus.

 

[Joel_Tunnah]

According to the New American Bible…

The NAB commentary is the speculation of secular rationalists. It is not to be trusted in matters of revelation.

Try the notes in the Confraternity translation, Haydock, Douay-Rheims, or Ignatius Study Bible.

 

[PBP]

Luke, as Paul, did not know the person Jesus who was on earth and therefore did not witness his ministry. Paul’s conversion came about after encountering the risen Christ. Paul and Luke then traveled extensively preaching the gospel of Christ. I once heard the reason for including the gospel of Saint Luke with the others but I dont remember it to explain. Hope we get more postings.

 

[Todd_Easton]

Luke, said to be a physician and companion of Paul. Was he an eyewitness to the events he wrote about? Thanks

In Acts, Luke uses the word “we” numerous times which seems to indicate that he was an eyewitness to those events. (Acts 16:10-17; 20:5-15; 21:1-18; 27:1—28:16.)

In the Gospel, Luke indicates that his narrative is based on eyewitness accounts that were transmitted to him. (Luke 1:2)

 

[copland]

St. Jerome records
**

Chapter 7​

Luke a physician of Antioch, as his writings indicate, was not unskilled in the Greek language. An adherent of the apostle Paul, and companion of all his journeying, he wrote a Gospel, concerning which the same Paul says, “We send with him a brother whose praise in the gospel is among all the churches” and to the Colossians “Luke the beloved physician salutes you,” and to Timothy “Luke only is with me.” He also wrote another excellent volume to which he prefixed the title Acts of the Apostles, a history which extends to the second year of Paul’s sojourn at Rome, that is to the fourth year of Nero, from which we learn that the book was composed in that same city. Therefore the Acts of Paul and Theclaand all the fable about the lion baptized by him we reckon among the apocryphal writings, for how is it possible that the inseparable companion of the apostle in his other affairs, alone should have been ignorant of this thing. Moreover Tertullian who lived near those times, mentions a certain presbyter in Asia, an adherent of the apostle Paul, who was convicted by John of having been the author of the book, and who, confessing that he did this for love of Paul, resigned his office of presbyter. Some suppose that whenever Paul in his epistle says “according to my gospel” he means the book of Luke and that Luke not only was taught the gospel history by the apostle Paul who was not with the Lord in the flesh, but also by other apostles. This he too at the beginning of his work declares, saying “Even as they delivered unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word.” So he wrote the gospel as he had heard it, but composed the Acts of the apostles as he himself had seen. He was buried at Constantinople to which city, in the twentieth year of Constantius, his bones together with the remains of Andrew the apostle were transferred.
**

 

[Catholic_Dude]

In Acts, Luke uses the word “we” numerous times which seems to indicate that he was an eyewitness to those events. (Acts 16:10-17; 20:5-15; 21:1-18; 27:1—28:16.)

In the Gospel, Luke indicates that his narrative is based on eyewitness accounts that were transmitted to him. (Luke 1:2)

You beat me to it.