Colossians 4:14 (BSB)

Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas send you greetings.

From Colossians 4. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Colossians 4:14

• John Calvin (Reformed), Calvin's Commentaries on Colossians 4:14: 14. Luke saluteth you. I do not agree with those who understand this to be Luke the Evangelist; for I am of opinion that he was too well known to stand in need of such a designation, and he would have been signalized by a more magnificent eulogium. He would, undoubtedly, have called him his fellow-helper, or at least his companion and participant in his conflicts.
• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Colossians 4:7-18: In the close of this epistle the apostle does several of his friends the honour to leave their names upon record, with some testimony of his respect, which will be spoken of wherever the gospel comes, and last to the end of the world. I. Concerning Tychicus, Col 4:7.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Colossians 4:14: Luke, the beloved physician,.... Luke the Evangelist, though some doubt it, is here intended, who was a constant companion of the apostle in his troubles, and went with him to Rome, as the Acts of the Apostles wrote by him show, and as from Ti2 4:11 it appears; so Jerom (n) calls the Evangelist Luke, the physician of Antioch, for from thence he was; and...
• Albert Barnes (Presbyterian), Barnes' New Testament Notes on Colossians 4:14: Verse 14. Luke, the beloved physician. This was undoubtedly the author of the gospel which bears his name, and of the Acts of the Apostles. He is mentioned as the travelling companion of Paul in , and appears to have accompanied him afterwards until his imprisonment at Rome. See .