Talk:Luke the Evangelist
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[edit] Tradition
An event mentioned in this article is an October 18 selected anniversary.
[[Christian tradition? Most Christians,and especially Catholics, do not revere icons, and therefore would probably not hold to this tradition. Does the author mean Easter Orthodox tradition?
- Yes, it's an Orthodox tradition at least; I'm surprised to hear that about the Catholics. Our local Roman Catholic bookstore keeps a few icons in stock, as well as statues, crosses, crucifixes, medallions, etc. I believe it's run or co-managed by a devout Irish Catholic. Wesley 04:47, 1 Sep 2004 (UTC)]]
[edit] Luke
Anybody know why St. Luke (who was apparently a Syrian?) was named Loukas, which according to Cath. Encyc. and other sources is derived in this way: Greek Loukas<Latin Lucas<Latin Lucanus<Lucania<Lucani, the name of an ancient people of Italy who spoke an Oscan language. Alexander 007 07:34, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
- Loukas is perhaps a loan word from latin, like titlos, another (new testament) greek word. St. Luke probably have nothing to do with Lucani. St Mathew wrote the gospel (is this the english word for ευαγγέλιο?), first in Hebrew (around 40 AD) and then in Greek, St Mark and St John wrote theirs in Greek, but I don't remember about St Loukas. +MATIA ☎ 13:01, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
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- What I was wondering, when did this Lucas name (which if the etymology is correct, originally meant "a person from Lucania") come to lose its specific meaning and just become a generic name, which lost ties to its original meaning? I just find it interesting. Obviously, a Syrian would not be "from Lucania". If the etymology is correct, by St. Luke's time the name had lost all its meaning. Alexander 007 13:05, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] The name, Luke, doesn't appear in the opening of Luke or Acts
This sentence from the beginning of the article appears to be wrong: Luke the Evangelist (Greek Λουκᾶς Loukas) is said by tradition and by the opening statement of the Acts of the Apostles to be the author of both the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles, the third and fifth books of the New Testament. In Catholicism, he is patron saint of painters, physicians and healers, and his feast day is October 18.
I looked at the KJV and the ASV versions of Luke and could not find the name, Luke, in the opening statement of either of them. Is there a version of Acts that does claim to be written by Luke?
quotes from the wikipedia article on the gospel of Luke: "Although the author of Luke is generally considered to be anonymous, there is some suggestion that the author of Luke also wrote the book of Acts."
"Nowhere in Luke or Acts does it explicitly say that the author is Luke, the companion of Paul." Davefoc 23:31, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
I modified the first sentence to remove the implication that Luke or Acts identified Luke as the Author. Davefoc 20:12, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
My name is Luke and i was born on October the 18th. My Mother only found out this coincidence by chance when i was two years old. She was talking to a nun on a bus who was asking about me when it came to light. It must be a sign. Heaven her i come.
[edit] Nationality and birth date
I thought that Luke was a Greek born physcian, most probably a slave. At least, I think thats what a book on Saints I read said. However this article says he was a Syrian. Neither, however, give a date, or even rough time frame, of birth. Clarification, please? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.234.66.205 (talk) 00:58, 24 February 2007 (UTC).
