Written specifically for a non-Jewish readership, Luke's Gospel is perhaps the most ‘accessible' of the narratives of the life of Christ for modern readers. Ryle's desire for his readers mirrors that of Luke Luke 1:4), that they might gain ‘a more clear knowledge of Christ, as a living person, a living priest, a living physician, a living friend, a living advocate at the right hand of God, and a living Saviour soon about to come again'.
