'For it seems to me unreasonable to send a prisoner to the Emperor without specifying the charges against him.' - Festus's final statement is quintessentially Roman: a magistrate cannot address the Emperor without a clear case, charges articulated, and evidence presented. His phrase 'unreasonable' (alogos, alogos-'irrational, contrary to reason') appeals to logical necessity. This sets up chapter 26, where Paul will speak, and his testimony itself will become the charge and the defense, the accusation and the vindication.

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