Commentary for Sanhedrin 17:3
רבינא אמר כגון שנמצא אחד מן העדים קרוב או פסול וקמיפלגי בפלוגתא דרבי יוסי ורבי אליבא דר' עקיבא דתנן רבי עקיבא אומר לא בא שלישי אלא להחמיר עליו לעשות דינו כיוצא באלו
is mentioned in the Torah, [not for the purpose of making him less responsible], but, on the contrary, to increase his responsibility, by making his status equal to that of the other two, indicating, incidentally, that if Scripture punishes as sinners those who associate with sinners, much more will it reward those who associate with men who fulfil the commandments, as though they themselves had actually fulfilled them.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'as those who fulfil the commandments'. ');"><sup>3</sup></span>
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