Scholar William Ramsay could therefore say: “Luke is a historian of the first rank: not merely are his statements of fact trustworthy, he is possessed of the true historic sense...
जहाँ तक ऐतिहासिक यथार्थता का सवाल है, ये विशेषताएँ और संपूर्ण खोज उसकी रचना को एक ग्रन्थरत्न बनाती हैं ।