'Rather, they had some points of dispute with him about their own religion and about a dead man named Jesus whom Paul claimed was alive.' - Festus's reduction of the case to 'some points of dispute' (tinas logous, tinas logous-'certain questions') about 'their own religion' shows how theological truth appears insignificant to Roman law. His phrase 'a dead man named Jesus whom Paul claimed was alive' (Iēsous tis tethnekōs, hon ephасken ho Paulos zēn, Iēsous tis tethnekōs, hon ephасken ho Paulos zēn) is dismissive, yet it states the core Christian claim: resurrection. To Festus, this is mere religious talk, not a legal matter.

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