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Who was Luke in the Bible?
Also known as Lucas
The Time of Jesus · ~4 BC–AD 33New Testament
Physician and gospel writer
Luke is a man named in the Bible. Scripture references Luke in 3 verses (chiefly Colossians, 2 Timothy, Philemon).
🤯 What might Luke have looked like?
A first-century man of Roman Judea or Galilee — most likely olive-skinned, dark-haired and bearded, in an ankle-length woven tunic with an outer cloak and sandals.
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Colossians 4:142 Timothy 4:11Philemon 1:24
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