Why does Les believe Luke was a Jew and not a Gentile?
The conclusion rests on Paul’s Romans argument that the Jews were entrusted with the word of God. Since Luke wrote much of the New Testament, including Luke and Acts, it would not fit for a Gentile to author Scripture. His Roman name is explained by Paul also having one.
Les explains that he has said for years and years that Luke was not a Gentile but a Jew. He bases this on Romans, where Paul asks what advantage the Jew has, then answers, “much every way, because unto them the Jew was committed the word of God.” Les argues that it would not fit for the whole Book of Luke and the whole Book of Acts to be written by a Gentile if the word of God was committed to the Jews. He also acknowledges that Luke had a Roman name, but so did Paul: Saul was his Jewish name and Paul his Roman name, so the same could be true of Luke. He mentions receiving articles from people proving almost beyond a doubt that Luke was indeed not a Gentile.