Luke a disciple?

Question

I have heard from a preacher or sunday school teacher, that Luke was not a disciple of Jesus, but was at the Garden of Gethsemane. Then, when the soldiers were leading Jesus away Luke ran away STARK NAKED! Is this true?

Answer 1

LUKE
A physician and faithful companion of the apostle Paul. He was the writer of the Gospel of Luke and of the Acts of Apostles. That Luke was well educated is apparent from his writings. Also, his background as a doctor is noticeable in his use of medical terms.—Lu 4:38; Ac 28:8.

Luke did not speak of himself as an eyewitness of the events in the life of Christ that are recorded in his Gospel account. (Lu 1:2) So, he apparently became a believer sometime after Pentecost of 33 C.E.
In the book of Acts, Luke is referred to in an indirect way by the use of the pronouns “we” and “us.” (Ac 16:10-17; 20:5–21:18; 27:1–28:16) He was with Paul at Troas on the apostle’s second missionary tour and accompanied him from there to Philippi, where he may have remained until Paul’s return on his third missionary journey. Luke accompanied Paul to Judea at the end of that missionary tour (Ac 21:7, 8, 15), and while the apostle was imprisoned for about two years at Caesarea, Luke probably wrote his Gospel account there (c. 56-58 C.E.). He accompanied Paul on his trip to Rome for trial. (Ac 27:1; 28:16) Since the book of Acts covers events from 33 C.E. down through two years of Paul’s imprisonment in Rome but does not record the outcome of Paul’s appeal to Caesar, Luke likely completed the book of Acts there by about 61 C.E.

Luke joined Paul in sending greetings to Christians at Colossae when Paul wrote to them from Rome (c. 60-61 C.E.), and the apostle identified him as “the beloved physician.” (Col 4:14) In writing to Philemon from Rome (c. 60-61 C.E.), Paul included greetings from Luke (Lucas, KJ), referring to him as one of his “fellow workers.” (Phm 24) That Luke stuck close to Paul and was with him shortly before the apostle’s martyrdom is evident from Paul’s remark, “Luke alone is with me.”—2Ti 4:11.
Some hold that Luke was a Gentile, basing this mainly on Colossians 4:11, 14.

Because Paul first mentioned “those circumcised” (Col 4:11) and later referred to Luke (Col 4:14), the implication is drawn that Luke was not of the circumcision and hence was not a Jew. But this is by no means conclusive. Romans 3:1, 2 states that God entrusted his inspired utterances to the Jews. Luke is one of those to whom such inspired utterances were entrusted.

The Scriptures likewise furnish no basis for identifying Luke with the Lucius mentioned at Acts 13:1 or Paul’s ‘relative’ of the same name referred to at Romans 16:21.


Apostles
The names of the original 12 apostles Jesus selected are given at Matthew 10:2-4; Mark 3:16-19, and Luke 6:13-16. One of the original 12, Judas Iscariot, proved to be a traitor, thereby fulfilling earlier prophecies. (Ps 41:9; 109:8) The remaining 11 faithful apostles are again listed at Acts 1:13.

Because of the defection of Judas Iscariot, who died unfaithful, there were only 11 apostles remaining, and during the 40 days from Jesus’ resurrection until his ascension to heaven he made no appointment of a replacement. Sometime during the ten days between Jesus’ ascension and the day of Pentecost it was viewed as necessary that another be selected to fill the vacancy left by Judas, not simply on the basis of his death but, rather, on the basis of his wicked defection, as the Scriptures quoted by Peter indicate. (Ac 1:15-22; Ps 69:25; 109:8; compare Re 3:11.) Thus, by contrast, when the faithful apostle James was put to death, there is no record of any concern to appoint anyone to succeed him in his position of apostle.—Ac 12:2.

Matthias was selected and was thereafter “reckoned along with the eleven apostles.” (Ac 1:23-26) He is thus included among “the twelve” who settled the problem concerning the Greek-speaking disciples (Ac 6:1, 2), and evidently Paul includes him in referring to “the twelve” when speaking of Jesus’ postresurrection appearances at 1 Corinthians 15:4-8. Thus, when Pentecost arrived, there were 12 apostolic foundations on which the spiritual Israel then formed could rest.

Answer 2

I think your Sunday School teacher or preacher needs to read the Bible, Luke was a disciple, he was the great physician who also wrote the book of ACTS. I don't recall reading he was stark naked at the Garden of Gethsemane.

Answer 3

You have it almost right. It was Mark who was at the Last Supper, followed Jesus to the garden, and was sent running away naked. He tells that story about himself in Mark chapter 15. He was a teenager during Jesus' lifetime, and while not one of the 12 disciples, knew Jesus well enough to be used by Paul and Barnabas as a witness to Christ's life in the book of Acts

You are also correct that Luke was not one of Jesus' disciples. He was a one of Paul's converts about 25-30 years after the time of Jesus. If you look at the first five verses of Luke's gospel, he explains there that his gospel is based on the writings of the other apostles, and on interviewing other people who knew Jesus. You will find 82% of Mark repeated in Luke, as well as 12% of the parts of Matthew not also found in Mark.

Answer 4

No. Luke was definitely a disciple, as he has his own book in the Bible.

Answer 5

No, your preacher is reaching as most do.

They say things that can't be backed up. They hope no one is there that really reads the bible.
At least they are hoping that a person won't call them on it in front of everyone.

The pastors that know me are afraid of saying certain things. I will call them on it and they know it.
Others in the congregation have told me they are nervous when I'm around.

John was the one who ran away naked.
Just to fill you in.


Got to go, good night.

Answer 6

Read the book of Luke in the Bible and you will find out if it's true or not.

Answer 7

Damn I thought Luke was the son of the Dark Lord Vader - I sure am clueless.........

Answer 8

I have no idea. . .and neither do most (all?) people who answer this question.

He apparently had a relationship with Christ. . .does that make one a disciple in your eyes??