- LUDIM probably the same as Lud (2) (comp. Genesis 10:13; 1
Chronicles 1:11). They are associated (Jeremiah 46:9) with African nations
as mercenaries of the king of Egypt. - LUHITH made of boards, a Moabitish place between Zoar and Horonaim
(Isaiah 15:5; Jeremiah 48:5). - LUKE the evangelist, was a Gentile. The date and circumstances of his
conversion are unknown. According to his own statement (Luke 1:2), he
was not an “eye-witness and minister of the word from the beginning.” It
is probable that he was a physician in Troas, and was there converted by
Paul, to whom he attached himself. He accompanied him to Philippi, but
did not there share his imprisonment, nor did he accompany him further
after his release in his missionary journey at this time (Acts 17:1). On
Paul’s third visit to Philippi (20:5, 6) we again meet with Luke, who
probably had spent all the intervening time in that city, a period of seven
or eight years. From this time Luke was Paul’s constant companion during
his journey to Jerusalem (20:6-21:18). He again disappears from view
during Paul’s imprisonment at Jerusalem and Caesarea, and only reappears
when Paul sets out for Rome (27:1), whither he accompanies him (28:2,
12-16), and where he remains with him till the close of his first
imprisonment (Philemon 1:24; Colossians 4:14). The last notice of the
“beloved physician” is in 2 Timothy 4:11.
There are many passages in Paul’s epistles, as well as in the writings of
Luke, which show the extent and accuracy of his medical knowledge.
- LUKE, GOSPEL ACCORDING TO was written by Luke. He does not
claim to have been an eye-witness of our Lord’s ministry, but to have gone
to the best sources of information within his reach, and to have written an
orderly narrative of the facts (Luke 1:1-4). The authors of the first three
Gospels, the synoptics, wrote independently of each other. Each wrote his
independent narrative under the guidance of the Holy Spirit.
Each writer has some things, both in matter and style, peculiar to himself,
yet all the three have much in common. Luke’s Gospel has been called “the
Gospel of the nations, full of mercy and hope, assured to the world by the
love of a suffering Saviour;” “the Gospel of the saintly life;” “the Gospel
for the Greeks; the Gospel of the future; the Gospel of progressive
Christianity, of the universality and gratuitousness of the gospel; the
historic Gospel; the Gospel of Jesus as the good Physician and the Saviour