An unrolled scroll containing the entire Gospel of Luke would measure about . . .
A) 3 feet.
B) 8 feet.
C) 20 feet.
D) 60 feet.

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Ancient scrolls, like those that would contain the texts of the New Testament, were made from papyrus or parchment and could be quite lengthy. The Gospel of Luke is one of the longer books in the New Testament. Scholarly estimates based on the length of the text and the typical size of ancient writing materials suggest that a scroll of Luke could be around 20 feet long. This estimate takes into account the average number of words that could be written in a column, the typical width of columns, and the standard height of scrolls.

An Unrolled Scroll Containing the Entire Gospel of Luke Would