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Luke the Evangelist

Luke the Evangelist

7.5
A Christian writer traditionally said to have written the Gospel of Luke and Acts
  • proper noun
translation icon : Lucas el Evangelista
  • According to tradition, Luke the Evangelist also authored the Acts of the Apostles.

Examples

  • The feast day of Luke the Evangelist is celebrated on October 18th in many Christian traditions.

  • Many scholars believe that Luke the Evangelist was a physician as well as a writer.

  • Many believe Luke the Evangelist wrote the Gospel of Luke.

  • Did Luke the Evangelist travel with St. Paul?

  • According to tradition, Luke the Evangelist is considered the author of the Gospel of Luke.

  • Many scholars believe that Luke the Evangelist played a key role in the early Christian community.

  • The feast day of Luke the Evangelist is recognized by many who follow the Christian faith.

Synonyms

Luke
vsLuke the Evangelist
106 4.1

A Christian man who travels with Paul and writes a book about Jesus

is the identical person named with an honorific title instead
St. Luke
vsLuke the Evangelist
5.4

A Christian saint and follower of Jesus who many people think wrote the third Gospel

is the same name presented in fuller descriptive title
Saint Luke
vsLuke the Evangelist
5.1

A follower of Jesus who travelled with Paul and wrote the third Gospel

is the same person but named in a less formal style

Surface Forms

Luke the Evangelist main

Morphology

Luke + the + Evangelist

The phrase is fully compositional: the proper name 'Luke' combined with the definite article and the noun 'Evangelist' yields the person Luke who is an evangelist/author of a Gospel. This name+title pattern is transparent and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words would understand the meaning.

Etymology

Luke the Evangelist comes from the old Christian story that Luke wrote the Gospel to share the 'good news' about Jesus. Because he wrote and spread this story, people call him an evangelist, so his name now means the Gospel writer today.