The Life and Teachings of Saint Luke the Beloved Physician

By Kenneth Kee

This book describes the Life and Teachings of Saint Luke the beloved Physician.

St Luke “the beloved physician” was born a Greek and a Gentile in the city of Antioch, Syria.

Luke was the only Gentile evangelist to write the Gospel for the Bible.

Luke was the inspired and very well educated writer of the third Gospel and the Acts of the Apostles and his writings have been discovered to be accurate historically.

He was instructed in the Christian Faith by the Apostle Paul, who had never been with Jesus in the flesh, but also by the other Apostles following Jesus.

Therefore, he wrote his Gospel from what he had heard the other Apostles and the women following Jesus; but he compiled the Acts of the Apostles what he had himself experienced.

At the beginning of the Gospel of Luke, Luke wrote that he had written an orderly account of the gospel for the “most excellent” Theophilus (a name for the friend of God) to explain the life, teachings, and miracles of Jesus.

The Acts of the Apostles was written about the acts of Jesus’ Apostles after His Ascension.

Luke documents the events of the Catholic Church, including the stoning of Stephen, the Church’s first martyr (Acts 6); the council of Jerusalem (Acts 15), in which the Church determined that Gentile converts did not need to become Jewish and a number of Saint Paul’s missionary journeys.

Between these two books, Luke wrote a 27.5 percent of the New Testament more than anyone else, including Paul.

In his Gospel, Luke emphasized Christ's feeling for sinners and for those suffering.

Readers of the Gospel of Luke will find a strong emphasis on the part women played in Christ's ministry.

The Gospel of Luke directed its attention on the poor and segregated, advocating tenderness and compassion for the less fortunate.

In the gospel of Luke, the beatitude is written as "Blessed are you who are the poor" instead of "Blessed are the poor in spirit"

The Gospel of Luke emphasized the importance of evangelizing to the Gentiles.

In the Gospel of Luke Jesus told the parable of the Good Samaritan, Jesus praising the faith of Gentiles such as the widow of Zarephath and Naaman the Syrian, and the story of the only grateful leper, a Samaritan who returned to thank Jesus.

Luke stressed the importance of Forgiveness and God's mercy to sinners.

The story of the Prodigal Son welcomed back by the overjoyed father was present only in Luke.

Luke was the first Christian physician who was also a historian and is presented by the Catholic Church as the patron saint of physicians and surgeons.

The feast day of Saint Luke is commemorated on October 18 by Catholics and other Christians.

TABLE OF CONTENT
Introduction
Chapter 1 Biography of Saint Luke
Chapter 2 Luke the Beloved Physician
Chapter 3 Luke the Author and Historian
Chapter 4 Luke the Companion of Paul
Chapter 5 Luke the Martyr
Epilogue

• Language: English
• Publisher: Kenneth Kee
• Release date: Feb 4, 2023
• ISBN: 9798215579411

Kenneth Kee

Medical doctor since 1972.Started Kee Clinic in 1974 at 15 Holland Dr #03-102, relocated to 36 Holland Dr #01-10 in 2009.Did my M.Sc (Health Management ) in 1991 and Ph.D (Healthcare Administration) in 1993.Dr Kenneth Kee is still working as a family doctor at the age of 74However he has reduced his consultation hours to 3 hours in the morning and 2 hours inthe afternoon.He first started writing free blogs on medical disorders seen in the clinic in 2007 on http://kennethkee.blogspot.com.His purpose in writing these simple guides was for the health education of his patients which is also his dissertation for his Ph.D (Healthcare Administration). He then wrote an autobiography account of his journey as a medical student to family doctor on his other blog http://afamilydoctorstale.blogspot.comThis autobiography account “A Family Doctor’s Tale” was combined with his early “A Simple Guide to Medical Disorders” into a new Wordpress Blog “A Family Doctor’s Tale” on http://ken-med.com.From which many free articles from the blog was taken and put together into 1000 eBooks.He apologized for typos and spelling mistakes in his earlier books.He will endeavor to improve the writing in futures.Some people have complained that the simple guides are too simple.For their information they are made simple in order to educate the patients.The later books go into more details of medical disorders.He has published 1000 eBooks on various subjects on health, 1 autobiography of his medical journey, another on the autobiography of a Cancer survivor, 2 children stories and one how to study for his nephew and grand-daughter.The purpose of these simple guides is to educate patient on health disorders and not meant as textbooks.He does not do any night duty since 2000 ever since Dr Tan had his second stroke.His clinic is now relocated to the Buona Vista Community Centre.The 2 units of his original clinic are being demolished to make way for a new Shopping Mall.He is now doing some blogging and internet surfing (bulletin boards since the 1980's) startingwith the Apple computer and going to PC.The entire PC is upgraded by himself from XT to the present Pentium duo core.The present Intel i7 CPU is out of reach at the moment because the CPU is still expensive.He is also into DIY changing his own toilet cistern and other electric appliance.His hunger for knowledge has not abated and he is a lifelong learner.The children have all grown up and there are 2 grandchildren who are even more technically advanced than the grandfather where mobile phones are concerned.This book is taken from some of the many articles in his blog (now with 740 posts) A Family Doctor’s Tale.Dr Kee is the author of:"A Family Doctor's Tale""Life Lessons Learned From The Study And Practice Of Medicine""Case Notes From A Family Doctor"

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The

LIFE AND TEACHINGS

Of

SAINT LUKE

The Beloved Physician

By

Dr Kenneth Kee

M.B.,B.S. (Singapore)

Ph.D (Healthcare Administration)

Copyright Kenneth Kee 2023 Smashwords Edition

Published By Kenneth Kee at Smashwords.com

Dedication

This book is dedicated

To my wife Dorothy

And my children

Carolyn, Grace

And Kelvin

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Introduction

I would like to tell the story of Luke the physician who became a disciple of Jesus Christ even without coming in direct contact with Jesus.

St. Luke the Patron Saint of Physicians

St Luke the beloved physician was born a Greek and a Gentile in the city of Antioch, Syria.

Luke was the only Gentile evangelist to write the Gospel for the Bible.

Luke was the inspired and very well educated writer of the third Gospel and the Acts of the Apostles and his writings have been discovered to be accurate historically.

He was instructed in the Christian Faith by the Apostle Paul, who had never been with Jesus in the flesh, but also by the other Apostles following Jesus.

Therefore, he wrote his Gospel from what he had heard the other Apostles and the women following Jesus; but he compiled the Acts of the Apostles what he had himself experienced.

At the beginning of the Gospel of Luke, Luke wrote that he had written an orderly account of the gospel for the most excellent Theophilus (a name for the friend of God) to explain the life, teachings, and miracles of Jesus.

The Acts of the Apostles was written about the acts of Jesus’ Apostles after His Ascension.

Luke documented the events of the Catholic Church, including the stoning of Stephen, the Church’s first martyr (Acts 6); the council of Jerusalem (Acts 15), in which the Church determined that Gentile converts did not need to become Jewish and a number of Saint Paul’s missionary journeys.

Between these two books, Luke wrote a 27.5 percent of the New Testament more than anyone else, including Paul.

In his