Quoting%20commentary for Avodah Zarah 32:15

ת"ר כשנתפס ר"א למינות העלהו לגרדום לידון אמר לו אותו הגמון זקן שכמותך יעסוק בדברים בטלים הללו

Our Rabbis taught: When R. Eliezer was arrested because of heresy (minut) they brought him up to the tribune to be judged. The governor said to him, “How can a elder man like you occupy himself with those idle things?”

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