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    EVIDENCE FOR WHEN THE GOSPEL OF LUKE WAS WRITTEN          
             
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    SOURCE OF THE DATE WRITTEN   DATE WRITTEN  
BOOK Number Scholars     EARLY LATE AVERAGE  
Luke 1 Peter Ainsilie, D.D.  A.D. 58 to 70   58 70 64.0  
Luke 2 Apologetics Study Bible, Ted Cabal, Ph.D. Editor   60 61 60.5  
Luke 3 An Introduction to the New Testament, D.A. Carson Ph.D. & Douglas J. Moo, PhD. 60's   60 69 64.5  
Luke 4 Baker Encyclopedia of the Bible,  on or before A.D. 64   63 64 63.5  
Luke 5 Baker Encyclopedia of Christian Apologetics prior A.D, 60   59 59 59.0  
Luke 6 The Bible Knowledge Commentary, John Walvood, Ph.D. Roy Zuck, Ph.D. A.D. 58 to 60   58 60 59.0  
Luke 7 Biblical Illustrator, N.T. Archbishop Thomson  A.D. 58 to 60   58 60 59.0  
Luke 8 Mark C. Black, Ph.D. AD 65 to 85   65 85 75.0  
Luke 9 Believer's Bible Commentary, William McDonald, Ph.D. Arthur Forstad, Ph.D. A.D. 61-62   60 61 60.5  
Luke 10 Believer's Study Bible, W.A.Criswell, Ph.D., Editor,  A date of A.D. 59–61 is most probable.   59 61 60.0  
Luke 11 Craig L. Bloomberg, Ph.D. earlier than A.D. 62   61 61 61.0  
Luke 12 Blue Letter Bible, Late fifties or early sixties.   58 62 60.0  
Luke 13 Darrel L. Bock, Ph.D. Early to mid-sixties   60 65 62.5  
Luke 14 Raymond Brown, Ph.D. AD 85, give or take 5 to 10 years   75 95 85.0  
Luke 15 F.F. Bruce, Ph.D.  Between 60 and  70 AD   60 70 65.0  
Luke 16 D.A. Carson, R.T. France, and G.J. Wenham, eds. New Bible Commentary: 21 Century Edition, 60 to 65 CE   60 65 62.5  
Luke 17 Hans Conzelmann, Th.D. AD 80 - 100 for Luke-Acts, with a likely range of AD 80 - 90 Professor of New Testament at Gottingem, ThD from Tubingen (Yet again, the recognized HEIGHT of European liberal Bibliccal-Critical Scholarship) Author of one of THE BEST Critical, Academic Commentaries on Acts.   80 90 85.0  
Luke 18 M. G. Easton M. A., D. D., AD 60 or 63, when Luke was in Caesarea   60 63 61.5  
Luke 19 James M. Efird, Ph.D. AD 75 to 80   75 80 77.5  
Luke 20 ESV Bible, Wayne Gruden General Editor   60 61 60.5  
Luke 21 ESV Study Bible,  AD 62   62 62 62.0  
Luke 22 David A. Fiensy, Ph.D. Before AD 62, perhaps between 58 and 60   58 60 59.0  
Luke 23 Joseph A. Fitzmyer, Ph.D. AD 80 to 85   80 85 82.5  
Luke 24 Norval Geldenhuys, Th.M. AD 64-65    64 65 64.5  
Luke 25 Norman L. Geisler, Ph.D. c. 60   60 60 60.0  
Luke 26 Robert Gromacki, Th.D.  A.D. 56 to 58    56 58 57.0  
Luke 27 Robert H. Gundry, Ph.D. A.D. 57 to 62   57 62 59.5  
Luke 28 Donald Guthrie, Ph.D. AD 63 to 64   63 64 63.5  
Luke 29 Gary R. Hamberasn Ph.D.  A.D. 60 to 62   60 62 61.0  
Luke 30 William Hendriksen, Ph.D. AD 61-63   61 63 62.0  
Luke 31 A.E. Hill, Ph.D. AD 60   60 60 60.0  
Luke 32 John Holland, Ph.D. AD 68-78   68 78 73.0  
Luke 33 Holman Bible Handbook, David S. Dockery, Ph.D. Editor   62 62 62.0  
Luke 34 Nelson's Complete Book of Bible Maps and Charts  A.D. 58-63   58 63 60.5  
Luke 35 Nelsen'sStudy Bible H.Wayne House, Th.D. J.D. Editor early to mid 60's   60 65 62.5  
Luke 36 Morris A. Inch, Ph.D. ,  on or before A.D. 64   63 64 63.5  
Luke 37 R. Jamieson, A.R. Fausset, and D. Brown, eds.  AD 50 to 60 Professor of New Testament at Trinity College, Bristol England   50 60 55.0  
Luke 38 Luke Timothy Johnson, Ph.D. AD 80 - 85 for Luke (perhaps a bit earlier ... he hedges toward 75 CE at times) - Professor of New Testament at Emory  University, Candler School of Theology   80 85 82.5  
Luke 39 Howard Clark Kee, Ph.D. AD 85   85 85 85.0  
Luke 40 Werner Georg Kummel, Ph.D. AD 70 to 90   70 90 80.0  
Luke 41 Richard C.H. Lenski, D.D. After AD 66, but before 70   66 70 68.0  
Luke 42 John MacArthur, Ph.D. approximately AD 60 or 61   60 61 60.5  
Luke 43 K.E. Malberg, AD 59 to 61   59 61 60.0  
Luke 44 I. Howard Marsall, Not far off A.D. 70   70 70 70.0  
Luke 45 Bruce Metzger, Ph.D. AD 75 to 85   75 85 80.0  
Luke 46 M.S. Mills, Ph.D. AD 53   53 53 53.0  
Luke 47 J.P. Moreland, Ph.D. Just prior to Acts   61 61 61.0  
Luke 48 Thomas Nelson's KJV Study Bible, Wayne A. Brindle, Th.D. Editor   60 62 61.0  
Luke 49 Nelson's NKJV Study Bible, Earl D. Radmacher, Th.D. General Editor   60 65 62.5  
Luke 50 John Nolland, Ph.D. late AD 60's to late 70's   67 77 72.0  
Luke 51 S.L. Peterson, AD 75  Timeline Charts of the Western Church   75 75 75.0  
Luke 52 Reformation Study Bible, R.C. Sproul, Ph.D. General Editor, early 60's   60 63 61.5  
Luke 53 J.A.T. Robinson, Ph.D. AD 57 to 60    57 60 58.5  
Luke 54 T. Robinson, AD 85 to 90 The Bible Timeline   85 90 87.5  
Luke 55 Charles Caldwell Ryrie, Th.D., Ph.D., Ryrie Study Bible AD 60   60 60 60.0  
Luke 56 Edward P. Sanders, Ph.D. AD 75 to 85   75 85 80.0  
Luke 57 Edward Schweizer, Ph.D. AD 80 to 85  Professor of New Testament at the University of Zurich (Again, about as Critical and liberal as they come)   80 85 82.5  
Luke 58 William Smith, Ph.D. Smith's Bible Dictionary. A.D. 58 yo 60   58 60 59.0  
Luke 59 Carsten Peter Thiede, Ph.D. Prior to AD 62 Director of the Institute for Basic Epistemological Research in Paderborn, Germany    61 61 61.0  
Luke 60 Edward J. Tinsley, Ph.D. AD 75 to 80   75 80 77.5  
Luke 61 Joseph B. Tyson, Ph.D. 120 to 125 CE "I think there was an earlier version of Luke in circulation 70 to 90 CE."  Professor emeritus of Religious Studies at SMU   70 90 80.0  
Luke 62 Merrill F. Unger, Ph.D. Th.D,  prior A.D. 61   60 60 60.0  
Luke 63 Edwin Yamauchi, Ph.D. probably written before A.D. 64   63 63 63.0  
Luke 64 David Y. Young, Ph.D. 70's   70 79 74.5  
Luke 65 Franklin W. Young, Ph.D. AD 80 to 90   80 90 85.0  
Luke 66 The Woman's Study Bible, Dorothy Kelley Patterson, Ph.D. General Editor   59 61 60.0  
Luke 67 Willmington's Bible Handbook, Harold L. Willmington, Ph.D.   59 59 59.0  
Luke 68            
Luke 69            
Luke 70            
Luke 71            
    Number Scholars   67 Average 66.5  
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  ***** See the Luke data sheet for reasons why Luke and Acts should be dated early.          
  ***** Luke was written prior to Acts and by the same author.          
   

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