Luke was a physician, see Col 4:14. He never met Jesus personally, but did research that resulted in Luke’s Gospel. Great emphasis is placed on how the gospel is for all peoples, not just the Jews. This is the longest of the four Gospels and the only one that also has asequel, the Acts of the Apostles, which deals with the early church. About the Core Bible The Core Bible is a new expanded translation. Where necessary, several words are used to try to convey the words of the original text and explain biblical concepts. The aim is to make the Bible accessible in the same way as it was written. However, it is impossible to capture all the nuances, interpretations and meanings, but we want to show the infinite depths of the Bible and inspire people to continue discovering more of God’s word and above all - God himself! It is a blessing to have several translations. The Word of God is so rich and has so many dimensions, so the more translations you have, the clearer the basic text emerges. The translation uses the same concept as Amplified Bible, but differs in several ways. The Core Bible uses parentheses and brackets as follows: () – Expands the meaning of the Greek and Hebrew words. [] – Additions allow the reader to better understand the passage by including references, modern weights, and measures. You could say that the content of the parentheses and brackets are notes that are inserted in the text and formulated so that they can be read together with the Bible text if you want to. The reason why the explanations are found as brackets in the text, and not as notes, is that you do not have to jump with your eye to the notes, which often in turn refer to other Bible passages on another page. It is then easy to lose the context as a Bible reader. Instead, there are short, concise explanations in the middle of the text. In the same way that you can read or skip a note in a traditional Bible translation, you can choose to read or skip the text in brackets in the Core Bible.