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Scot McKnight\u00a0blogged<\/a> about Justo Gonzales\u2019 commentary, The Story Luke Tells: Luke\u2019s Unique Witness to the Gospel<\/a> $\"\"$ <\/i>. It argues\u00a0that \u201cLuke\u201d is in fact the \u201cLucius of Cyrene\u201d mentioned in Acts, and also the Lucius\u00a0mentioned in Romans (in this last point following Origen). If anyone here has read the volume, or looked into other attempts to argue that case, I\u2019d be interested to hear your thoughts about it.<\/p>\n

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