Excerpt from The Gospel According to St. Luke The form of the Gospel leads to the conclusion that it was intended for Gentile readers. The references to Jewish prophecy are few. In the genealogy our Lord's descent is traced, not from the founder of the Hebrew nation, but from the common father of man kind. The ministry among the Samaritans, which was the prelude to the spread of the gospel among the Gentiles, is dwelt upon at length. The universal sympathy of Christ, His prayer for the Roman soldiers, His address to the women of Jerusalem - every incident that would appeal to the human heart or to world-wide feeling, rather than to Jewish exclusiveness, - is carefully and lovingly recorded. The question as to when this Gospel was written is interesting, but one that cannot be answered with certainty. Some characteristics point to a date later than that of either of the other two Synoptics. There are words and thoughts peculiar to this Gospel that seem to imply a Church already formed, where history and experience have thrown into greater prominence sayings of Christ that had been passed over by earlier writers. The supplementary character of this Gospel, though partly due to the aims with which it was written, points to the same conclusion. Again, we learn from the preface that St. Luke had before him when he wrote many statements by previous writers of the truths accepted by Christians. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.