Commentary for Pesachim 106:7

ת"ש עוד זו דרש תודוס איש רומי מה ראו חנניה מישאל ועזריה שמסרו [עצמן] על קדושת השם לכבשן האש

The scholars asked: Was Thaddeus, the man of Rome, a great man or a powerful man?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'a man of fists'. - On what grounds did they refrain from imposing the ban?');">⁹</span> - Come and hear: This too did Thaddeus of Rome teach: What [reason] did Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah see that they delivered themselves, for the sanctification of the [Divine] Name,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This is one of the great principles of Judaism: a man must by his actions sanctify the Divine Name, i.e., prove his deep conviction of the truth of Judaism even to the extent of suffering for it, and thereby shed lustre and glory upon it.');">¹⁰</span>

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