Commentary for Yevamot 50:2

אמר לך רב מנשה אנא דאמרי אפילו לרבנן וטעמא דרבנן הכא כדרבא דאמר רבא אדם קרוב אצל עצמו ואין אדם משים עצמו רשע

would it then be necessary to assume that R. Manasseh holds the same opinion as R. Judah?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Who in our Mishnah rejected the evidence of the man who admitted murder. The halachah being according to the Rabbis who are the majority, would R. Manasseh ignore the majority in favour of a minority? ');">⁴</span> - R. Manasseh can answer you: My statement may be reconciled even with the view of the Rabbis, but the reason of the Rabbis<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For admitting the evidence of a man who announced himself as a murderer. ');">⁵</span> here is the same as that of Raba. For Raba said, 'A man is his own relative and consequently<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As no relative is admitted as witness. ');">⁶</span>

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