A Defense for the Chronological Order of Luke's Gospel: The Meaning of "Orderly" (Kathexes) Account in Luke 1:3 (Africanus Monograph)

For decades scholars have no consensus on the writing order of Lukes gospel. The author through a thorough study of word “orderly” in Luke 1:3; a comparison of Lukes writing methodologies with those of the Greco-Roman historians; and a detailed investigation of the differences in the narrative accounts among the synoptic gospels concludes that Luke writes in chronological order. The author also explains how Luke has employed writing methodologies commonly used by Greco-Roman historians to write the prefaces in Luke-Acts and divide the Gospel into sections and the implications of these writing methodologies on Lukes writing order. He explicates the differences in the writing style between the “travel section” (9:52b to 19:44) and the rest of the Gospel and the possible reason in behind proposes the central theme of Luke-Acts and expounds the possible impact of Lukes chronological writing order on biblical studies.