Commentary for Sanhedrin 172:15

<big><strong>מתני׳</strong></big> זקן ממרא על פי ב"ד שנאמר (דברים יז, ח) כי יפלא ממך דבר למשפט שלשה בתי דינין היו שם אחד יושב על פתח הר הבית ואחד יושב על פתח העזרה ואחד יושב בלשכת הגזית

R. Joseph said: With whom does this dictum of R. Assi agree? — With R. Akiba, who ruled 'the whole matter, but not half the matter.' Abaye said to him, For on the view of the Rabbis they would be executed? But he gives his reason, 'since etc.'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., that the purchaser can plead not guilty altogether, so that their testimony is not even 'half the matter'. ');">¹³</span>

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