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1. (n.) Luke
an early Christian disciple and companion of Paul, a physician and probably a gentile: traditionally believed to be the author of the third Gospel and the Acts.
2. Luke
the third Gospel.
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) Luke, Saint Luke, St. Luke
(New Testament) the Apostle closely associated with St. Paul and traditionally assumed to be the author of the third Gospel
2. (noun) Luke, Gospel of Luke, Gospel According to Luke
one of the four Gospels in the New Testament; contains details of Jesus's birth and early life
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) Luke
moderately warm; not hot; tepid
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. Luke
or Lucanus, author of the third Gospel, as well as the Acts, born in Antioch, a Greek by birth and a physician by profession, probably a convert, as he was a companion, of St. Paul; is said to have suffered martyrdom and been buried at Constantinople; is the patron saint of artists, and represented in Christian art with an ox lying near him, or in the act of painting; his Gospel appears to have been written before the year 63, and shows a Pauline interest in Christ, who is represented as the Saviour of Jew and Gentile alike; it was written for a Gentile Christian and in correspondence with eye-witnesses of Christ's life and death.
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