a. Also Lukan. [f. L. Lūcas Luke + -AN.] Pertaining to the evangelist St. Luke.

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1876.  J. Dare, trans. Zeller’s Acts Apostles, II. 303. The expression ὸπτάνεσθαι, ver. 3, and the description of the angel, ver. 10, are also specifically Lukan.

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1890.  W. H. Simcox, Lang. N. T., 76. ἡ ἐπαγγελία τοῦ πνεύματος is a Lucan phrase, υἱοθεσία a Pauline.

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1895.  W. M. Ramsay, in Expositor, Feb., 129. He accepts the Lucan authorship. Ibid. (1896), Feb., 146. Westcott and Hort with their great knowledge of Lukan style consider it to involve a corruption.

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