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The Gospel of Luke is the third of the New Testament's canonical Gospels. It tells of the origins, birth, ministry, death, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus. Together with the Acts of the Apostles, it makes up a two-volume work called Luke–Acts, accounting for 27.5% of the New Testament.
The Gospel of Luke shares the same author as the Acts of the Apostles. Tradition identifies the writer as Luke the Evangelist, a doctor who travelled with Paul the Apostle, though the text does not name its author. Perhaps most scholars think that he was a companion of Paul, but others cite differences with the Pauline epistles. Scholars largely agree Luke used the Gospel of Mark, and the two-source hypothesis also posits usage of Q, though alternative hypotheses positing a direct relation between Matthew and Luke without Q are increasing in prominence. Luke follows Mark closely compared to other ancient historians’ usage of sources, though the parallels and variations of the Synoptic gospels are typical of ancient historical biographies. The most common dating for its composition is around AD 80–90. The earliest witnesses for Luke are the Alexandrian and the revised western text-type.
Following the preface and the birth narratives of John and Jesus, the gospel begins in Galilee and moves gradually to its climax in Jerusalem. Luke espouses a three-stage "salvation history" starting with the Law and the prophets, the epoch of Jesus, and the period of the church. The gospel's Christology can be understood in light of the titles given to Jesus and its Jewish and Greco-Roman context. The Holy Spirit also plays a more prominent role compared to other Christian works, forming the basis of the early Christian community.
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