Holy Spirit

What can we learn from these two charts?

• In the Gospels, Luke mentions the HOLY SPIRIT more times than all other Gospel writers combined.

• In the New Testament, Luke mentions the HOLY SPIRIT more times than all other New Testament references combined. (Luke wrote his Gospel and The ACTS of the Apostles; as we can see, Luke and Acts total 58% of NT references to the HS.)

Luke was a "second generation" Christian.  Luke was not present during the events of Jesus' earthly ministry.  At the beginning of his Gospel, he mentions "the eye-witnesses" and does not place himself among them.  Luke was PROBABLY a Gentile, and POSSIBLY an Israelite proselyte before conversion.  Early church "fathers" attribute Luke's conversion to Paul.  The Pauline "stamp" of understanding and teaching is very prevalent in Luke's writings.  And they assert that Luke was from Antioch.  None of which we know for sure. 

But I find it interesting that MOST of what we learn about the Holy Spirit comes from a "second generation" Christian.  Indeed, this is proof of the claim in Titus 2:11 "For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to ALL men . . . " (emphasis mine.)

(I used QUICK BIBLE - NASB to compile a search of instances [not just verses] where "pneumatos agiou" is used. "PARAKLETOS" {used in John 14:16 <KJV> - And I will pray the Father, and He shall give you another Comforter, that He may abide with you for ever;} is not counted.)