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NASB | Philemon 1:24 as do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, Luke, my fellow workers. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Philemon 1:24 and from Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers. |
Bible Question: was luke a christian? |
Bible Answer: pretrib : Luke's introductions to his Gospel and its sequel, Acts, strongly suggest that he was a Christian, and any argument to the contrary is an argument from silence, inasmuch as Scripture reveals nothing to refute Luke's status as a follower of Christ. Moreover, it is absurd and incongruous to contend that this beloved physician (Col. 4:14) who was a companion of Paul (Col. 4:14; 2 Tim. 4:11; Philem. 24) would wish to hob-nob with the apostolic missionary team, or be permitted to, were he not a regenerate believer. Additionally, it makes no sense whatever that the compilers of the New Testament Canon would admit to the Canon a Gospel, and the longest of all the Gospels at that, a spurious and uninspired work that had been written by a non-believer. --Hank |