I don't buy that. I suspect that part of the story had not been concocted yet.
If (and Paul says virtually nothing along these lines ) you were going to tell a story of someone who lived recently in a specific place, some mention of his family and his alleged home town seems like a reasonable place to start. And why is Pilate not mentioned? Surely that is the whole point of the story yet, Paul seems to know nothing of it.
If (and Paul says virtually nothing along these lines ) you were going to tell a story of someone who lived recently in a specific place, some mention of his family and his alleged home town seems like a reasonable place to start. And why is Pilate not mentioned? Surely that is the whole point of the story yet, Paul seems to know nothing of it.