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From this we understand that we are reading a document that the author of the Book of Luke wrote to his friend, Theophilus. It was handwritten. We can assume that Theolphilus allowed others to copy the letter he received from his friend and thus we have today the Gospel of Luke. | From this we understand that we are reading a document that the author of the Book of Luke wrote to his friend, Theophilus. It was handwritten. We can assume that Theolphilus allowed others to copy the letter he received from his friend and thus we have today the Gospel of Luke. | ||
It is clear that nowhere does Luke violate the principle that God stated in Jeremiah 23:30. | |||
It is also clear that Luke tells us at the outset that he heard the story of Jesus from a number of eyewitnesses and from all of the reports that he heard and gathered, he put together an account of the story of Jesus. At no point in the book of Luke does the author state that this is his unique work. In fact, he starts out with a statement that he put together this account for his friend from a variety of different sources. | It is also clear that Luke tells us at the outset that he heard the story of Jesus from a number of eyewitnesses and from all of the reports that he heard and gathered, he put together an account of the story of Jesus. At no point in the book of Luke does the author state that this is his unique work. In fact, he starts out with a statement that he put together this account for his friend from a variety of different sources. | ||