Gnomon of the New Testament Vol. 2: Containing the Commentary on the Gospels According to St. Luke and St. John and the Acts of the Apostles (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Gnomon of the New Testament Vol. 2: Containing the Commentary on the Gospels According to St. Luke and St. John and the Acts of the Apostles<br><br>1 The names Lucius and Lucas are the same; except that the former being a diminutive of the latter has somewhat of a more familiar sound. Mention is made as early as in Acts xiii. 1 of a Lucius of Cyrene among the prophets and teachers of the Church which at that time ?ourished at Antioch and there fore it must have been but a short time after the death which befel Herod (ch. Xii. A. Dion. Era 44. It is owing to this I am inclined to think that Ense bius and others have considered Antioch as the native place of Luke. Further more Paul makes mention of a certain Lucius among his ''kinsmen'' Rom. Xvi. 21 and calls Lu/ce [lucas] his fellow-workman and the beloved Physician Philem. Ver. 24; Col. Iv. 14. Now whether he be only Luke [lucas] or also I/ucius he is the very person who wrote the Acts of the Apostles having aecom panied Paul himself from the Troad first to Philippi (acts xvi. Next from Philippi to Troas nay even as far as to Rome (ch. Xx. 6 xxviii. 16 2 Tim. Iv. 11) and it is owing to this that he most frequently uses the first person plural in his narrative. Moreover the lively [vigorous] style of Luke which is partien larly appropriate to the very joyful subject of the Acts comprising as they do in their history the completion [carrying into effect] of the New Testament seems to have derived some of its characteristics from the association of many years which Luke maintained [enjoyed] with Paul. - Harm. pp. 35 36. Lucas seems to me to be the contraction of Lucanus as Silas from Silvanus and to be altogether a distinct name from Lucius. Ed. And transl.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition. We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.