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The New Testament: The Book Of Luke

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The book of Luke is the third book and the longest of four gospel in the New Testament. The book of Luke was written by Luke, he also wrote the book of Acts. Both books was written to a Roman dignitary by name of Theophilus. Luke was a physician, a Greek gentile, and a close companion to the Apostle Paul. Luke wrote this gospel for the Greeks. It themes are Jesus’s compassion for the outcast, His humanity. The hardest thing the Jews had to accepted was that the Kingdom of God was now available to the gentiles, women, and children were also excluded. The good Samaritan, the publican , the prodigal son, Zacchaeus and the thief on the cross were considered to be unacceptable by Jewish people. Women was unimportant, Luke wrote more about women
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