The Illustrated History of the New Testament

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Luke the Evangelist faithfully presents the history of the suffering original Latin: "Passionis", death, and teaching of Christ; he is associated with the form of an ox.

[Image: A woodcut illustration depicting Saint Luke the Evangelist. He is an elderly, bearded man with a halo, seated in a high-backed, ornate chair with cushions. He leans forward, writing with a quill on a large volume or scroll that is draped over a desk. To his right, a winged ox—his traditional iconographic symbol—lies on the ground, also with a halo. The room features an arched window or niche in the background and a side table on the left with two carafes.]

Saint Luke has described the history, teaching, life, and death of Christ; depicted in the form of an ox Ox: One of the four "living creatures" from biblical prophecy. The ox is assigned to Luke because his Gospel begins with the priest Zechariah offering a sacrifice, and the ox was a primary animal of sacrifice..