No Gospel has shaped the liturgy of the church year and the image of God and Jesus as much as the Gospel of Luke. The vividly painted scenes of the Annunciation in Nazareth, Mary's visit to Elizabeth, the birth of Jesus in the stable, the angels over the shepherds' fields of Bethlehem, the strengthening angel in Jesus' agony in the Garden of Gethsemane, the encounter of the risen Christ with the two disciples on the road to Emmaus, the Ascension, and the sending of the Holy Spirit on Pentecost in Jerusalem – all of these are solely attributed to the evangelist Luke. The commentary presented here succinctly addresses essential questions and themes of the third evangelist.