This, which is the basis of almost all later state- ments, shows no knowledge beyond wh.at can be deduced from the Epistles, combined with (i.) tl:o belief that the same Luke wrote Acts and Gospel ; (ii.) the statements in the preface to the Gospel ; (iii.) the (undoubtedly mistaken) view that St. Paul was referring to a book when he spoke of ' 1:1 i gospel' (Ro 216, 2 Ti 2«) ; (iv.) possibly the text in some MSS (which may belong to that / recension which, on von Soden's view, was familiar to Eusebius) of Ac ll-"^* : ev Tavrais rats ii/j.^pais KaTT^Xdov CLTrb ' lewcroXvtxcjv vpocpTjrat, eh ' Avti.6x(i-o.V <rvv£0"Tpa[i(i€va)V 8e ti(awv ^(pr) eis i^ avrdv dvoixarL ''A-ya!3os kt\. (D p w Aug.); this is, however, by no means certain ; and there is no proof that this text was kno^\^l to Eusebius.
(2) Jerome. —
'Lucas niedicus Antiochensis, ut eius scripta indicant, Graeci sermonis non ignarus I'uit, sectator apostoli Pauli et omnia perearinationis eius comes scripsit evangelium, de quo idem Paulus : Misimus, inquit , cum illo f ratrem cuius laus est in evan- gelioperomnesecclesias; ed ad Colossenses : Salutatvos Lucas, medicus carissimus ; et ad Timotheum : Lucas est mecum solus. Aliud quoque edidit voiumen egregium quod titulo Trpafeis (i7roo-TdAu)i» prsenotatur : cuius historia usque ad biennium Rom» commorantis Pauli pervenit, id est, usque ad quartum Neronis annum. Ex quo intelligimus in eadem urbe librum esse compositum. Igitur TrtpioSous Pauli et Theclse, et totam baptizati leonis fabulam, inter apocrvphas scripturas com- putamus. [Then there follows the well-known passage about the Acts of Paul, quoting Tertullian (see Acts [Apocryphal])]. . . . Quidamsuspicanturquotiescumque in epistolissuis Paulus dicit, luxta evangelium meum, de Lucae significare volumine, et[?atl Lueam non solum abapostoloPaulodidicisseevangelium, qui cum domino in carne non fuerat, sed a ceteris apostolis ; quod ipse quoque in principio sui voluminis declarat, dicens : 8icut tradiderunt nobis qui a principio ipsi viderunt et ministri f uerunt sermonis. Igitur evangelium, sicut audierat, scripsit. Acta vero apostolorum sicut viderat ipse composuit. Vixit octoginta et quattuor annos, uxorem non habens. Sepultus est Const antinopoli, ad quam urbem vicesimo Constantii anno ossa eius cum reliquiis Andrese apostoli translata sunt de Acbaia' {de Vir. Illustr. vii.).
(3) The Monarchian Prologues. —
'Lucas SjTus natione Antiochensi3, arte medicus, discipulus apostolorum, postea Paulum secutus usque ad confessionem eius, servdens deo sine crimine. Nam neque uxorem umquam habens neque filios lxxiiii annorum obiit in Bithynia plenus spiritu sancto — qui cum iam descripta essent evangelia per MatthaeumquideminIud£ea,perMarcumauteminItalia,sancto instigante spiritu in Achaise partibus hoc scripsit evangelium, significans etiam ipse in principio ante alia esse descripta. Cui extra ea quse ordo evangelicse dispositionis exposcit, ea maxime necessitas laboris fuit, ut primum Grsecis fidelibus omni perfec- tione venturi in carnem dei manifestata, ne ludaicis fabulis
intenti in solo legis desiderio tenerentur neque hereticis fabulis et stultis soUicitationibus seducti excederent a veritate, elabor- aret, dehinc ut in principio evangelii lohannis nativitate prse- sumpta cui evangelium scriberet et in quo electus scriberet, indicaret, contestans in se completa esse quae essent ab aliia inchoata, cui ideo post baptismum filii dei a perfectione genera- tionis inChrih^toinpletEe et repetendae a principio nativitatia humanae potostas permissa est ut requirentibus demonstraret, inquoadprehendens erat , per Xathan filium introitu recurrentia in deum generationis admisso indispartibilis dei, praedicans in hominibua Christum suum perfect! opus hominis redire in se per filium facere, qui per David patrem venientibua iter praebebat in Christo. Cui Lucae non inmerito etiam scribenJ- orum apostolicorum actuum potestas in ministerio datur, ut deo in deum pleno ac filio proditionis extincto oratione ab apostolis facta sorte domini electionis numerua compleretur, sicque Paulus consummationem apostolicis actibus daret, quem diu contra stimuloa recalcitrantem dominus elegisset. Quod legentibus ac requirentibus deum etsi per singula expediri a nobis utile fuerat, scientes tamen, quod operantem agricolam oporteat de fructibua suis edere, ■S'itavimus publicam curiosi- tatem, ne non tam volentibus deum videremur quam f astidient- ibua prodilisse' (the full text of the Monarchian Proloques is given in Kleine Texte, i., by H. Lietzmann, Bonn, 1902, and there ia a full discussion by P. Corssen in TU xv. 1 [1896]).
(4) Information in MSS of the Gospels. — Almost all the later MSS contain statements at the begin- nings or ends of the various books relating to their authors. They are of course important as repre- senting ecclesiastical tradition rather than as con- taining historical e\ndence. The most complete list of the Greek ones, is given by von Soden in Die Schriften des NT, i., Berlin, 1902, p. 293 ff. The most important items referring to Luke are the following :
(i.) <Tvi'eypd'')t) TO KaTa AovKav evayyikiov fiera Xp6vov9 Ci (15)
Trjy ToO XpicTTOj c>'aA-,;i/(e(09 cf 'AAefai/opeia 'EAArji'to'Ti. There ia also a fo-.iu of substantially the same note beginning : i^eS66rf TTpb? ©edyiAov eTriuKOTTOv 'Ai'Tioxeia?, Trpb? oi' Kai al irpdfeis. This form is found in many late JISS with a great number ot textual variants, (ii.) A remarkable form is found in e 377: TO Kara AovKav evayye'Atoi/ Kai tlov ayitov dirotrroAwi/ at Trpd^et? VTrriyopevOrjuav vtto Ucrpov Kai IlatAou rCiv aTro<rT6\iov fj.€TOL ypdi'ovs trivre Kai SeKa rr,'; ToO XptcTToO dvoATJi/zeus. Aouicas Se o larp'oi aT)veypa<j>e Kai ixripv^e Kai iKOiixrjOT) iv ©TjjSai? iruiv bySorj- KovTaTftTcrapixiv. (iii.) Further information confirniing the Euse- bian tradition that Luke was an Antiochene is found in soma MSS, e-g. ovTOS 6 ei'ioyyeAio-Ti)? AouKas I'l/ piiv 'Xvtiox^v^ bySoJj- KOVTa recrcrdpwv (e 1150), and 6 juaKoipios Aovxas 6 evayyeKCiTTTji yeyofe "XHpo^ (e 300C).