Commentary for Sanhedrin 220:3
ר"א אומר (הן באין) לעולם הבא שנאמר (תהלים נ, ה) אספו לי חסידי כורתי בריתי עלי זבח אלא מה אני מקיים אשר נשבעתי באפי באפי נשבעתי וחוזרני בי
How then do I interpret<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'fulfil.' ');"><sup>5</sup></span> Unto whom I sware in my wrath etc? — [Only] in my wrath I sware, but repented thereof. R. Joshua b. Karha said: This verse was spoken only in reference to future generations. [Thus:] Gather my saints together unto me — this refers to the righteous of every generation; that have made a covenant with me — to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, who submitted to the fiery furnace; by sacrifice — to R. Akiba and his companions, who gave themselves up to immolation for the sake of the Torah.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' R. Akiba disobeyed the Roman edict forbidding the practice and teaching of religion, and was martyred in consequence. — Ber. 61b. He was executed after several years of imprisonment (supra 12a) about the year 132 C.E. ');"><sup>6</sup></span>
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