* in.
  Ac 2:46,47  5:41,42 
 * Amen.
  Mt 28:20  Mr 16:20  Re 22:21 



              CONCLUDING REMARKS ON LUKE'S GOSPEL.

 Luke, to whom this Gospel has been uniformly attributed from the
 earliest ages of the Christian church, is generally allowed to
 have been "the beloved physician" mentioned by Paul, (Col 4:14;)
 and as he was the companion of that apostle, in all his labours
 and sufferings, for many years, (Ac 16:12; 20:1-6; 27:1,2;
 28:13-16.  2Ti 4:11.  Phm 24,) and wrote "the Acts of the
 Apostles," which conclude with a brief account of Paul's
 imprisonment at Rome, we may be assured that he had the
 Apostle's sanction to what he did; and probably this Gospel was
 written some time before that event, about A.D. 63; or 64, as is
 generally supposed.  He would appear, from Col 4:10, 11, and his
 intimate acquaintance with the Greek language, as well as from
 his Greek name [Loukas [,] to have been
 of Gentile extraction; and according to Eusebius and others, he
 was a native of Antioch.  But, from the Hebraisms occurring in
 his writings, and especially from his accurate knowledge of the
 Jewish rites, ceremonies, and custom, it is highly probable that
 he was a Jewish proselyte, and afterwards converted to
 Christianity.  Though he may not have been, as some have
 affirmed, one of the seventy disciples, and an eye-witness of
 our Saviour's miracles, yet his intercourse with the apostles,
 and those who were eye-witnesses of the works and ear witnesses
 of the words of Christ, renders him an unexceptional witness, if
 considered merely as an historian; and the early and unanimous
 reception of his Gospel as divinely inspired is sufficient to
 satisfy every reasonable person.