| May 27,
2006
Paging Dr Luke
Luke 1:3,4; Therefore, since I myself have carefully
investigated everything from the beginning, it seemed
good also to me to write an orderly account for you,
most excellent Theophilus, 4so that you may know the
certainty of the things you have been taught.
-NIV
We call Luke the beloved doctor, why is that? All
of us know that Luke was a doctor, that he wasn’t
actually one of the original twelve disciples, but
that instead he came to a saving faith later on, after
Jesus died and was resurrected. Why is it so important
that we know that Luke was a Doctor?
The other day I was watching the History Channel and
they had a show about another ancient doctor. His
name was Galen
and he is probably the third most famous Doctor in
history. Galen wrote most of the famous medical texts
of Roman times. He was a pioneer, doing brain surgery
and removing cataracts about 60 years after the writings
of Luke. Why do I mention him (especially as he was
a pagan) well the reason is because one of the most
famous things about Galen is that he was a writer.
He wrote so many books that he had to employ twenty
scribes to copy down everything he had to say. Galen’s
works were written over the course of fifty years
and Many copies are still in existence. As a medical
transcriptionist (a scribe for our modern doctors)
I have learned exactly how demanding it is to transcribe
the work of a doctor. They are a demanding lot and
they are VERY precise. The scribe for Galen would
have had his work scrutinized for any errors. Now
as for Luke I do not know if he had a scribe taking
down what he said or if he wrote himself but either
way you can be sure he was meticulous.
With the recent books and movies trying to discredit
Jesus and the Bible, I feel it is important we remember
that God made every effort to help us believe in the
love letter he has written to us. You can trust Luke
and all the other writers of the Bible and more importantly
you can trust the Lord who inspired them in what they
wrote.
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