Across his 2-part volume Luke-Acts Dr Luke sought to give an “orderly account” (Luke 1:3) of “all that Jesus began to do and to teach until the day he was taken up to heaven” in his gospel (according to Acts 1:1-2), and then of all that Jesus continued to do and to teach through his apostles after he had returned to heaven in Acts.  Luke wrote his gospel to give confidence; that his friend Theophilus “may know the certainty of the things you have been taught” (1:4). 
 
Luke’s account of Jesus’ death and resurrection in chapters 22-24 of course almost entirely overlaps with the accounts of Matthew, Mark and John, with common themes such as Jesus’ willingness to go the cross; Jesus’ great suffering at the hands of his fellow human beings; Jesus’ identity as Messiah and King being revealed sometimes in inquisition, sometimes mockingly and sometimes with faith; and Jesus dying as a Passover sacrifice.  However, some of Luke’s particular emphases and themes can still be spotted in these chapters.  The concern of Luke (who was probably a Gentile) that the gospel is for all (including women, Gentiles, the poor, the outcasts) can be seen in his inclusion of the account of the criminal who turned to Jesus on the cross (23:39-43).  Luke’s emphasis throughout his gospel upon God’s sovereign salvation plan can also be seen in the many statements Jesus makes that Scripture had to be or had been fulfilled (e.g. 22:16, 22:37, 24:25-27, 24:44, 24:46-47).  Luke also emphasises Jesus’ innocence and his extensive appearings to his disciples in Jerusalem (he is the only evangelist to record Jesus’ meeting of the two disciples on the way to Emmaus).