The first Christians ran Paul off. The Romans had to put him on a boat and get him away after he was exposed for what he was. And the Asia Minor Christians all turned against him. Reckon the Christians closest to Jesus were all wrong about the man?
They knew him to have been a great persecutor of the church...so of course they were not fans.
Of course, they learned that he had been born from above...so warmed up to him nicely.
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