Acts 20:18

18. Said unto them This speech, in its difference from the style of Luke, and likeness both to the style and thought of Paul, furnishes strong proof of being a genuine and very accurate report. It abounds with passages breathing the spirit of the finest strains of his epistles. Compare Paul’s description of his pastoral faithfulness, Acts 20:18-21, with 1 Thessalonians 2:10, and 2 Corinthians 6:3-4; his appeals to his own example in this speech with 2 Corinthians 1:12; 1 Corinthians 11:1; and Philippians 3:15; his tears in Acts 20:31 with 2 Corinthians 2:4; the private teaching of Acts 20:20 with 1 Thessalonians 2:11, and 2 Timothy 4:2; the anticipation of persecution in Jerusalem, Acts 20:22, with Romans 15:31; his self-maintenance in Acts 20:33 with 1 Thessalonians 2:9; 2 Thessalonians 3:7-9; 1 Corinthians 4:12 and 1 Corinthians 9:12.