Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Commentary for Avodah Zarah 20:1

ולימא ליה מימר [בהדיא] אמר שמעי (בי) חשובי רומי ומצערו ליה ולימא ליה בלחש משום דכתיב (קהלת י, כ) כי עוף השמים יוליך את הקול

But let him speak to him explicitly! He thought prominent Romans might hear and persecute him. Why then did he not say it in a whisper! Because it is written: “For a bird of the air shall carry the voice” (Ecclesiastes 10:20).

Daf Shevui to Avodah Zarah

Rabbi cannot tell Antoninus directly out of fear of the Romans. Even telling him by whisper might be dangerous.
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