Jimena, Maggie, Gaby

Luke was written by a greek speaking christian around 80-85 C.E. Luke's author probably used the sources of Mark,Q, and L. Luke's author probably dedicated Luke to Theophilus who might have been an unknown person in the New Testament. Historians say that Theophilus may have been a Roman administrative official. The importance of the Jerusalem temple is revealed in Luke's birth narrative, because the Jerusalem temple is the place were God's salvation came. one of Luke's main concerns is to show that God's salvation was rejected by the Jewish people and therefore was sent to the Gentiles. Luke shows Jesus as a born prophet being preacher, as a healer being a prophet, and his death as a prophet. Luke shows that everything that happens to Jesus is according to the divine plan.