Why did Luke write Jesus' story?
Julie Swannell

 

Readers might find the following excerpt helpful concerning the opening paragraphs of Luke.  This is from Kenneth Taylor’s The Living Bible, a brilliant and delightful paraphrase prepared with the motive of helping his ten children understand the Bible!  This rendering seems to bring us right into the picture – as if Luke were speaking to each of us directly, telling us exactly why he’s decided to give us his own account of recent important events.

Dear Friend who loves God: Several biographies of Christ have already been written using as their source material the reports circulating among us from the early disciples and other eyewitnesses.  However it occurred to me that it would be well to recheck all these accounts from first to last and after thorough investigation to pass this summary on to you, to reassure you of the truth of all you were taught.

I especially like his motive, to “reassure you of the truth”.