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peculiar manner, as a friend would write to another friend, describing a man from personal knowledge. For in– stance,-he tells of the childhood of Jesus; His growth In "wisdom and stature;" His subjection to Joseph and Mary; the manner and method of John the Baptist's preaching; salvation's door open to the Gentiles; the questions of the soldiers and publicans and John's answers; the baptism of Jesus Himself; the temptation scene. He recites the beginning of Jesus' ministry at Nazareth where "He was• brought up;" chronicles the instruction to His disciples to "salute no man by the way" ( 10: 4) showing that the courtesies of life are not the chief thing. He describes the failure and success of the fishing party ( 5: 1-10); the as– tonishment of Peter, and his call to "catch men;" emphasizes the prayer life of tbe Master; (6:12, 13) narrates the choice of the twelve disciples; tells of Peter's great confession ( 9: 18); of the transfiguration scene ( 9: 29); which occurred "while He was pray– ing;" gives the Lord's word of encour– agement to Peter "I have prayed for tbee,"-all of these incidents being re– lated that we may understand the value of human sympathy. There is the touching incident of the raising from the dead of the son of the widow of Nain; and of the daughter of Jarius "his only child;" of the man who cried out "Master, I beseech thee look upon my son"! (9:38)., Luke gives us many intimate details of social life and customs,- noting how those bidde n chose the chief places; how they invited their rich friends; speaks of the moral character of per– sons and things. In Luke's Gospel man is viewed upon the broad ground of ruined humanity ( 3: 6) "all flesh," ( 2: 1) "all the world," ( 9: 6) "preaching and healing everywhere.'
those in Asia ( 2 Tim. 1 : 15) and calls attention to the faithfulness of Luke ( 2 Tim. 4: 11). The evidence of Luke's medical training is found in the m edical terms used by him. He was supposed to have been martyred some time between 75 and 100 A. D., by being hanged on an olive tree in Greece. (2) LUKE THE HISTORIAN. Luke is said to have been, not only a noted physician, but a musician, a poet and a preacher, besides being an author and missionary. He gives his reason for writing the Gospel of Luke in the first chapter of that book ( 1: 1-4) "Fornsn1nch as 1nany have taken In han•l to set forth in order a declnrutlon of those thinµ;s 'vhich are 1nost surely believe
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