The other refers to St. Paul's travels, which he says extended from Jerusalem as far as _Illyricum_. Now Illyricum is not once mentioned in the Acts; so there can be no intentional agreement here. And yet there is agreement. For we learn from various places that St. Paul had gone from Jerusalem all through what we now call Asia Minor, and just before the date of this Epistle had passed through Macedonia, which was his limit in this direction. And as this was the next province to Illyricum, it exactly agrees with the Epistle.[255] [Footnote 255: Rom. 15. 19; Acts 20. 2.] We may now sum up the evidence as to the accuracy of the Acts. The above instances are only specimens of many which might be given. The writer knew about Jerusalem and Athens just as well as about Ephesus. While his account of St. Paul's voyage from Cæsarea to Italy, including as it does, references to a number of places; to the climate, and prevailing winds of the Mediterranean; and to the phrases and customs of seamen, is so accurate, that critics of all schools have admitted that he is describing a voyage he had actually made. In short, the Book of the Acts is full of correct details throughout, and it is hard to believe that anyone but a contemporary could have written it. (_B._) ITS AUTHORSHIP. Now if we admit the general accuracy of the book, there is little difficulty in deciding on its _authorship_. As is well known, certain portions of it (describing some of St. Paul's travels, including his voyage to Italy) are written in the first person plural, and are commonly called the "_We_" sections.[256] This shows that the writer was a _companion_ of St. Paul at that time; and then the great similarity in _language_, between these sections and the rest of the book, shows that they had the same author. For they are both written in the same style, and they both contain over forty important words and expressions, which do not occur elsewhere in the New Testament, except in the Third Gospel. This is indeed so striking that it practically settles the point.[257] [Footnote 256: Acts 16. 9-40; 20. 5-21. 18; 27. 1-28. 16.] [Footnote 257: Harnack, Luke the Physician, translated by Wilkinson, 1907, p. 53.]