Why is the first time Paul is used instead of Saul? Who changed his name and why?

Acts 13:13 - 50

MSG - ¹³ From Paphos, Paul and company put out to sea, sailing on to Perga in Pamphylia. That's where John called it quits and went back to Jerusalem. From Perga the rest of them traveled on to Antioch in Pisidia. ¹⁴ On the Sabbath they went to the meeting place and took their places. After the reading of the Scriptures - God's Law and the Prophets - the president of the meeting asked them, "Friends, do you have anything you want to say? A word of encouragement, perhaps?

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