I like Luke a lot.

The Gospel of Luke is placed third in the Canon of the New Testament.

Born in Antioch to pagan parents of Syrian origin, he was a disciple and companion of Apostle Paul. A physician who became a good investigative journalist and writer. "The Pentateuch" of the New Testament is the five "historical" books, which include the four Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles. The Acts and Gospel of Jesus and the Acts and Gospel of the Holy Spirit (as the Acts of the Apostles is called The Gospel of the Holy Spirit) - both were written by him. In fact, he wrote a single book with two volumes.

He probably met and interviewed Mary, the mother of Jesus (or someone who knew the Blessed Mother well). Therefore, it's from him that we get the details about Jesus' childhood.

The Gospel of Prayer; The Gospel of the Holy Spirit; The Gospel of Women; The Gospel of mercy; the Gospel of the poor; the Gospel of the Gentiles; the Gospel of Providence; the Gospel of Grace; the Gospel of stewardship are all qualifications to Luke's Gospel because of the emphases he places it.

It is through Luke that we get three of the most loved and touching parables: the parable of the good Samaritan, the parable of the prodigal son, and the parable of the Pharisee and the Publican.

Luke authored 27% of the New Testament. His is the longest gospel (80 more verses than Matthew's). He completed his writing around the year 90 AD. Peter and Paul had already been martyred in 62. The Temple of Jerusalem had been completely destroyed in 70. Almost all the apostles except John had already been killed. Luke must have witnessed the execution of Paul in Rome. Since he traveled a lot with Paul, Luke must have already had the notes with him for the second part of his writing - the Acts of the Apostles. After Paul's martyrdom, he must have returned to the Holy Land and made detailed investigations. It must have been after doing much research that he wrote the Gospel. Luke writes about this in a few words in a line at the beginning of his Gospel: "I too decided, after investigating everything accurately anew, to write it down in an orderly sequence for you ..." (1:3)

I like him not only because he personally interviewed the apostles, the Blessed Mother, and other people who had seen, heard, and some connections with Jesus who were still alive in Israel and Judea, and then wrote the Gospel and the Acts of the Apostles. It is not only because as mentioned earlier, in that Gospel he gave such importance to women, the Gentiles, the poor, and so on. More than all that, it is the person of Luke himself that is the reason for it. Behind some of the verses in these two works, we can see the sincerity, authenticity and compassion of the person of Luke.

Paul is generally considered to be a strict and tough man. It is not easy to live with such a person and travel with him constantly. Even though Titus, Timothy, Silas, Demas, Crescens, Tychicus, and Apollos all left Paul at different occasions for various reasons, Luke travelled with Paul throughout his second and third missionary journeys. Paul was arrested in Jerusalem and made a prisoner. When they transfer him to Rome, Luke follows him. Paul, in his old age, and is now a prisoner for Christ. Luke is a regular visitor during his imprisonment, to help him and minister to him and to give him company. Beyond Paul's rough nature- Luke is the only one who sees the preciousness of this man, respect him and be devoted to him, for that man was touched by Christ, called by Christ, and was an Apostle of Christ. We can rightly assume that the Gospel had spread beyond his intellect and awareness, to his marrow and every fiber of his flesh!