Gospel of Luke facts for kids

A picture of St Luke by Hermen Rode

The Gospel of Luke is a book of the Bible. Like the other gospels, the Gospel of Luke tells the stories of the life and teachings of Jesus. It is the third and longest book of the New Testament and comes after the Gospel of Matthew and the Gospel of Mark. The gospel is believed to be written by Luke, who was a friend of the Apostle Paul.

Luke was a doctor. He wrote his gospel for a man he calls 'most excellent Theophilus' (1:3). Luke wrote another book which is fifth in the New Testament, the Acts of the Apostles which tells what Jesus' disciples did after his rise back to Heaven.

Unlike the gospel writers Matthew, Mark and John, Luke was probably not Jewish but was Greek. He wrote the gospel mainly for non-Jewish people, (who were called Gentile by the Jews). Luke wrote to prove that Jesus is the Son of God. Luke's gospel contains many similar stories of Jesus. He tells more about the Virgin birth of Jesus than the other gospel writers.

Related pages

• Jesus
• Bible
• Christianity
• Christmas
• Emmaus

Images for kids

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  Luke 13:29–35; 14:1–10 on Papyrus 45 (folio 15; c. 250 AD).

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  Papyrus 45, a 3rd-century AD Greek papyrus of the Gospel of Luke

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  Subscriptio to the Gospel of Luke in Codex Macedoniensis 034 (Gregory-Aland), 9th century

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  Parable of the Sower (Biserica Ortodoxă din Deal, Cluj-Napoca), Romania)

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  Annunciation (Murillo)

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  Supper at Emmaus (1601), Caravaggio, National Gallery

See also

In Spanish: Evangelio de Lucas para niños