luke was a greek physician before he became a disciple.
what was luke before he became a disciple?
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the first appearance of the "disciple whom jesus loved" in this gospel is as one of the two disciples of john the baptist who become the first followers of jesus, but this is indicated in a subtle way. bauckham notes the occurrence of at least two specific words in the narratives of both the first and the last appearance of this disciple: "to follow" (greek: ") and "to remain/stay" (greek: , "). in verse it is stated that "jesus turned, and seeing them following ('akolouthountas'), said to them, "what do you seek?"", then in verse they "remained ('emeinan') with him that day". in the last chapter of the gospel, the last appearance of the 'disciple whom jesus loved' is indicated using similar words: in verse it is written that "peter, turning around, saw the disciple whom jesus loved following ('akolouthounta')", then in verse "jesus said to him [peter], "if i will that he remain ('menein') till i come, what is that to you?" bauckham sees the placement of the appearances of the disciple as "the "inclusio" of eyewitness testimony" to privilege the his witness (in the gospel of john ) over peter's, not to denigrate peter's authority, but rather to claim a distinct qualification as an 'ideal witness' to christ, because he survives peter and bears his witness after peter. the appearances are also close to peter's, as the first one, along with andrew, happened just before peter's, who was then given the name 'cephas' (alluding peter's role after jesus' departure), and the last one, just after jesus' dialogue with peter, acknowledging the significance of peter's testimony within "the petrine's "inclusio"", which is also found in the gospel of mark and luke (see luke 8 under "the women who sustained jesus").
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