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Luke

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noun

  1. an early Christian disciple and companion of Paul, a physician and probably a gentile: traditionally believed to be the author of the third Gospel and the Acts.
  2. the third Gospel.
  3. a male given name: from the Greek word meaning “man of Lucania.”


Luke

/ luːk /

noun

  1. Saint Luke
    Saint Luke a fellow worker of Paul and a physician (Colossians 4:14). Feast day: Oct 18
  2. the third Gospel, traditionally ascribed to Luke


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Brigitte teaches acting to children, while Luke works at a nonprofit and maintains theater as a hobby.

In The Last Jedi, he manipulates Luke again into training Rey by guilt-tripping him with a reminder of his sister and his feelings of duty.

No Skywalkers … or people calling themselves SkywalkerLet’s leave Luke and Leia’s lightsabers buried in the Tatooine sand and move on.

Luke previously told the Star-Advertiser and ProPublica that the Legislature has appropriated record amounts for DHHL in recent years, approving close to what the governor sought for the agency.

The look of shock and horror on her face when she realizes Luke has been keeping his daughter from her, and the way it later morphs into resignation when he leaps at her offer to postpone the wedding, is a killer.

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Luke Skywalker is an evil robot who has fallen to the dark side of the force.

Representatives of both Dr. Luke and Lady Gaga were quick to deny these allegations.

A moment ago the drawing-room had seemed empty; Mrs. Luke, in her sole person, filled and illuminated it.

“At the end of the day, the coverage area is just greater,” Luke Simone, an agent for Wilhelmina, told The Daily Beast.

A good case study for the minority superhero problem is Luke Cage.

In Luke it is said, “And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom.”

That the Matthew version contains one hundred and seven verses, and the Luke version twenty-nine verses.

Matilda Street, being in the heart of St. Luke's, naturally contains many fanciers.

So St. Luke writ the gospel having diligently attained to all things.

To him entered his confidential servant, Luke Jennett, who had been with him twenty years.

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