Romans 16:21, Who Wrote the Gospel of Luke? Part I of II

Timothy, my co-worker, sends his greetings to you, as do Loukion, Jason and Sosipater, my fellow Jews.

//Tradition tells us that a physician and companion of Paul named Luke wrote the third gospel and the book of Acts. Our earliest extant manuscript titles these works “the Gospel according to Luke,” and is dated sometime between 175 and 225 CE. The Muratorian canon, dated at around the same time, refers to “Luke the physician and companion of Paul” as the author. Irenaeus in Against Heresies a...