Commentary for Ketubot 168:7

ואיבעית אימא דכולי עלמא חבירו הוה והכא בהא קמיפלגי מר סבר הלכה איתמר ומר סבר מטין איתמר

If you prefer I might say: All agree that he was his colleague; but they disagree over this: One Master holds the statement was that, “The halakhah [agrees with R. Akiva]” and the other Master holds that the statement was that “one should be inclined [to rule like R. Akiva].”

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