Luke 1:1

PREFACE TO THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO LUKE. Little is certainly known concerning the time and place of writing this Gospel, or concerning the author. The first time we have any mention of the author is in his own history, Ac 16:10,11. He was then the companion of Paul in his travel, and it is evident that he often attended Paul in his journeys, comp. Ac 16:11-17; Ac 21:1-6. In each of these places the author of "the Acts" speaks of his being in company with Paul. That the same person was the writer of this Gospel is also clear from Ac 1:1. From this circumstance the ancients regarded this Gospel as in fact the Gospel which Paul had preached.