Let's be clear here. The same author wrote Luke and Acts, but the consensus is that this author was most likely not Luke himself

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Hey thanks for commenting and taking part in the conversation! Just a heads up, we have moved the publishing of this podcast to another KZread channel that you're welcome to check out: kzread.info/dron/j3bIaFn0htTT5DLN-EBPIg.html In reference to your comment. It's true that there are some who have suggested that Luke was not the author of Luke, but the general consensus among creditable historians and other experts is that Luke did, in fact, write the book of Luke and Acts. While it's true that the author does not expressly identify himself, there are several contextual clues to the fact. As you pointed out, the same author wrote both Luke and Acts, so we don't need to start there. In Acts, we see several "we sections" where the author is clearly claiming to be present with Paul in his journey. Throughout the book of Acts, other individuals who have been proposed to be the author are identified in a third-person manner suggesting the author could not be any of those particular individuals. Then if we look outside of the book of Acts to the writings of Paul, we see several places where Paul clearly identifies Luke (the physician - Colossians 4:14) as someone who not only worked closely with him during his travels (Philemon 1:24) but was at times the only individual who was with him. 2 Timothy was written while Paul was imprisoned and Paul identifies Luke in 2 Timothy 4:11 as the only person who was with him during this time. On top of this contextual reason, we have hundreds of years of church tradition that affirms the identity of Luke as the Author. We have writings as early as 183 where early church leaders affirm that Luke is, in fact, the author of both books. Like I said, thank you so much for taking part in the conversation, and I hope that this has helped you to understand better how I and so many others do come to the point that we affirm a Lukan authorship. Hope our podcast, Midweek Move, encourages you and helps you to grow in your faith and understanding of the scriptures more and more. Have a great day!

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@@THPMediaProductions Thanks for taking the time to respond! There is a lot I can say, but I understand you're working on a different channel now so I'll just leave it at "Thanks". Have a lovely day :)

But the style of the gospel of Luke is very different from the Acts of the Apostles. The Acts of the Apostles is very detailed and there is no word 'Immediately' used in the book of Acts as it is used in the Gospel of Luke frequently. So, it does not look like Luke wrote the Acts of the Apostles.

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Those are some recent arguments against Luke 's authorship. However most of them of been refuted by the majority of biblical scholars both religious and secular. Evidence within Acts supports authorship by Luke: Just as his Gospel opens with a dedication to Theophilus, so also does Acts. Vocabulary and style are very similar in the two books. Though it does not prove that he wrote Luke-Acts, frequent use of medical terms agrees with Luke’s being a physician. By his use of “we” in narrating parts of Paul’s journeys, the author of Acts implies that he was a traveling companion of Paul.