Luke

How Nave’s arranged it

• (A disciple)
• A physicianColossians 4:14
• Wrote to TheophilusLuke 1:1–4Acts 1:1Acts 1:2
• Accompanies Paul in his tour of Asia and MacedoniaActs 16:10–13Acts 20:5Acts 20:6
• To JerusalemActs 21:1–18
• To RomeActs 27Acts 282 Timothy 4:11Philemon 1:24

The passages, in Bible order (12)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 12 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Luke 1:1–4

   Many have undertaken to compose an account of the things that have been fulfilled among us,

   ›Commentary on Luke 1:1–41 voice

   “(Expos. Ev. Luc. l. i. c. i.) For as many among the Jewish people prophesied by inspiration of the Spirit of God, but others were false prophets rather than prophets, so now also have many attempted to write Gospels which the good moneychanger refuses to pass. One gospel is mentioned which the twelve Apostles are said to have written; another Basilides presumed to write; and another is said to have been by Matthias. Now they who have attempted to set forth these things in order have laboured by themselves, and have not succeeded in what they attempted.

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2. Acts 1:1

   In my first book, O Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach,

   ›Commentary on Acts 1:11 voice

   “For teaching is put to the blush when a person's conscience rebukes him; and it is in vain that his tongue preaches poverty or teaches almsgiving if he is rolling in the riches of Croesus and if, in spite of his threadbare cloak, he has silken robes at home to save from the moth.

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3. Acts 1:2

   until the day He was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles He had chosen.

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   “The main order: He commanded the apostles to first teach all nations, then to immerse them in the sacrament of faith, and after faith and baptism, to command what should be observed. And lest we think that what has been commanded is light and few, he added: All things whatsoever I have commanded you. So that whoever believes, who has been baptized in the Trinity, may do all the things that are commanded.

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4. Acts 16:10–13

   As soon as Paul had seen the vision, we got ready to leave for Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.

   ›Commentary on Acts 16:10–132 voices

   It should be noted that in these cities Luke was also with Paul. This is evident from the fact that the latter unites his own person with the former, when he says: "we resolved to set out... we sailed a straight course... we stayed."

   “And after he had seen the vision,.... And considered it, and related it to his companions: and when they had well weighed it, and the circumstances of it: immediately we endeavoured to go into Macedonia; they determined upon it, and took all the proper methods, and made the necessary provisions for it.

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5. Acts 20:5

   These men went on ahead and waited for us in Troas.

   ›Commentary on Acts 20:51 voice

   “But that this Luke was inseparable from Paul, and his fellow-labourer in the Gospel, he himself clearly evinces, not as a matter of boasting, but as bound to do so by the truth itself.

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6. Acts 20:6

   And after the Feast of Unleavened Bread, we sailed from Philippi, and five days later we rejoined them in Troas, where we stayed seven days.

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   “And we sailed away from Philippi,....

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7. Acts 21:1–18

   After we had torn ourselves away from them, we sailed directly to Cos, and the next day on to Rhodes, and from there to Patara.

   ›Commentary on Acts 21:1–182 voices

   “Luke uses a strong expression, saying "having parted from them" ("torn away from them"). And this is quite expressive, because after the tearing away they could not put out to sea. What does "we came with a straight course" mean? It means that they passed …

   “And it came to pass, that after we had gotten from them,....

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8. Acts 27:1

   When it was decided that we would sail for Italy, Paul and some other prisoners were handed over to a centurion named Julius, who belonged to the Imperial Regiment.

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   “But after Paul, in consequence of his appeal to Caesar, had been sent to Rome by Festus, the Jews, being frustrated in their hope of entrapping him by the snares that they had laid for him, turned against James, the brother of the Lord, to whom the episcopal seat at Jerusalem had been entrusted by the apostles. The following daring measures were undertaken by them against him. Leading him into their midst they demanded of him that he should renounce faith in Christ in the presence of all the people.

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9. Acts 28:1

   Once we were safely ashore, we learned that the island was called Malta.

   ›Commentary on Acts 28:12 voices

   "And they shall be scattered on the merchant ships of foreigners and together plunder the sea." For they, in their wanderings among the nations, had to make use of the passage through the sea, just as though they were flying on it, they made a swift course through the sea so that they might proclaim the gospel to most nations in a short time. Sometimes they went by foot, sometimes through the sea, but instead of employing Jewish ship captains, they hired those who had received the message of Christ.

   “And when they were escaped,....

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10. Colossians 4:14

    Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas send you greetings.

    ›Commentary on Colossians 4:141 voice

    That he was not merely a follower, but also a fellow-labourer of the apostles, but especially of Paul, Paul has himself declared also in the Epistles, saying: "Demas hath forsaken me, ... and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia. Only Luke is with me." From this he shows that he was always attached to and inseparable from him. And again he says, in the Epistle to the Colossians: "Luke, the beloved physician, greets you."

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11. 2 Timothy 4:11

    Only Luke is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, because he is useful to me in the ministry.

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    “He was constantly at his side, wrote the Gospel and the Acts of the Apostles. The apostle speaks of him in another epistle: "the brother, whose praise is in the gospel throughout all the churches" (2 Cor. 8:18). He demands him not for his own …

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12. Philemon 1:24

    as do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.

    ›Commentary on Philemon 1:241 voice

    "Aristarchus, Demas". About this, Paul wrote to Timothy, "Demas abandoned me." (2 Tim. 4:10) [PHOTIUS] They say that this Demas again turned away to Hellenism and became a priest of idols. [end of the Photius excerpt] [OECUMENIUS] And if that was at first, now he …

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