Luke the Evangelist’s Prologue (1:1-4)

Who was the addressee of the Gospel of Luke, Theophilus, which means God-loving? There is a version that Luke, having been sent to Rome by the Apostle Paul, converted a centurion named Theophilus, to whom he later dedicated his Gospel. According to another version, Theophilus was the judge who was to pass sentence on the Apostle Paul and Luke wrote this Gospel to save his teacher. According to a third version, Theophilus is a collective figure and by saying Theophilus, Luke means all those who love God. Father Markos Mangasaryan interprets verses 1-4 of the first chapter of the Prologue to the Gospel of Luke.