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is just telling a story.
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Paul clearly has an axe to grind, not to make a pun.
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Yes.
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That's right.
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The writer of Acts could be having an axe to grind,
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which is to make the church sound more harmonious and
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united, and all that sort of thing.
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It may also be that the writer of Acts wants to emphasize the
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center of Jerusalem and Judea, and the leaders there as the
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central authority for the early Christian movement.
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And so he's exaggerating Paul's presence in Jerusalem,
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and exaggerating the role of these leaders in Jerusalem.