"Did Paul go to Jerusalem immediately after his conversion?" (Alleged Contradiction #E8679)
And when Saul was come to Jerusalem, he assayed to join himself to the disciples: but they were all afraid of him, and believed not that he was a disciple.
Acts 9:26
To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood: neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles before me; but I went into Arabia, and returned again unto Damascus.
Galatians 1:16-17
Response
No, Paul did no go straight to Jerusalem after his conversion. Acts 9:26 does not say how long after Paul’s conversion he went to Jerusalem, it merely says that he eventually went to Jerusalem. (Read the entire passage starting from Acts 9:17.)
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