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St. Luke the Evangelist Map depicting the routes of St. Paul's four missionary journeys in the eastern Mediterranean during Biblical times, with each journey shown in a different color. The map covers regions including Italy, Greece, Asia Minor (modern Turkey), Cyprus, Crete, and the Levant, highlighting key cities such as Rome, Athens, Ephesus, Antioch, and Jerusalem. Rogier van der Weyden: St. Luke Drawing the Virgin Gossart, Jan: St. Luke Drawing the Virgin
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C.K. Barrett, Luke the Historian in Recent Study (1961), is a brief and readable survey of a number of contemporary writers. E.E. Ellis (ed.), The Gospel of Luke (1983, republished 2003), is a short summary of the background, life, and theology of the evangelist in light of recent research. Also useful are I.H. Marshall, Luke: Historian and Theologian (1970) ; and L.E. Keck and J.L. Martyn (eds.), Studies in Luke-Acts (1966).

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Invalidated site: Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine - St. Luke, The Physician. Sep 15, 2026
Noted that he was not one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus and mentioned that his symbol is an ox. Replaced media. Dec 15, 2025
Questions and answers added. Feb 12, 2025
Add new Web site: FaithND - St. Luke. Feb 08, 2025
First paragraph modernization. Mar 22, 2024
Add new Web site: Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine - St. Luke, The Physician. Feb 23, 2024
Add new Web site: Learn Religions - Saint Luke, Evangelist. Sep 20, 2023
Add new Web site: EWTN Mission - St. Luke. Mar 23, 2023
Add new Web site: McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia - Luke. Nov 02, 2022
Added a map of St. Paul's missionary journeys. Jan 11, 2021
Noted that he is a patron saint of physicians and of artists. Jan 11, 2021
Bibliography revised. May 17, 2018
Media added. Dec 06, 2017
Added cross-references. Dec 06, 2017
Add new Web site: American Catholic.org - St. Luke. Mar 20, 2016
Article revised. Jan 27, 2016
Article revised to delete mention of Saint Luke being the "probable" author of the gospel that bears his name. Sep 21, 2015
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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