Paul's Gospel had an historic basis (I Cor. 15: 1-10). It had moreover a

definite doctrine of the Person of Christ (Rom. 1: 1-4), the birth, death and

resurrection of the Son of God being basic.

In I Cor. 15: Paul says of the risen Christ "He was seen of Cephas, then of

the twelve". Luke alone mentions the appearance of Cephas (Luke 24: 34).

Luke lays great stress upon the fact that the ceremonial law was observed at

the birth of Christ (Luke 2: 21), which provides a background to the words of

Gal. 4: 4 and Col. 2: 11.

Paul's description of a "widow indeed" (I Tim. 5: 5) is foreshadowed by Anna

(Luke 2: 37).

The acceptable year of the Lord (Luke 4: 19 and II Cor. 6: 2); the title

"steward" (Luke 12: 42 and I Cor. 4: 1); the condition of alienation as one of

death (Luke 15: 24, 32 and Eph. 4: 18); the use of the word "revealed" in

connection with the second coming (Luke 17: 30 and I Cor. 1: 7);  the

comment "for all live unto Him" (Luke 20: 38 with Rom. 14: 7; II Cor. 5: 14);

the reference to the "times of the Gentiles" (Luke 21: 24 with Rom. 11: 25)

and the close association of the ascension with the resurrection observable in the

gospel and the epistles.

Luke's record of the institution of the Lord's supper (Luke 22: 19, 20) is

followed very closely by the record of  I Cor. 11: 23-26,  and it must be

remembered that in both this institution, and the summary of the gospel given in

I Cor. 15:, Paul declares "I have received of the Lord" and "that which I also

Verbal coincidences as the use of  katecheo  "catechize"  (Luke 1: 4;

Gal. 6: 6);  "children of light" (Luke 16: 8; I Thess. 5: 4);  the possible

reference in I Tim. 2: 15 "the childbearing" to the account given of the birth of

the Saviour in Luke's Gospel and the use of the word ophthe in Luke 22: 43

and I Tim. 3: 16 "seen of angels".

If the exhortation "Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly" (Col. 3: 16)

refers to a scriptural record, a record moreover that contains the only Christian

hymns recorded in the New Testament then Luke's gospel may be intended by

the apostle under the heading "the Word of Christ". Again when the apostle

beseeches the Corinthian Christians "by the meekness and gentleness of Christ"

(II Cor. 10: 1) some such record as that of Luke seems intended.