Quotation for Avodah Zarah 7:12

אתא רבי אבהו אשכחינהו אמר להו אמאי מצעריתו ליה אמרו ליה ולאו אמרת לן דאדם גדול הוא [ולא ידע למימר לן פירושא דהאי פסוקא] אמר להו אימר דאמרי לכו בתנאי בקראי מי אמרי לכו

Abbahu came and found him. He said to them: Why are you torturing him? They said to him: Did you not tell us that he is a great man? Yet he cannot explain to us the meaning of this verse! He said: Say that I told you [that he was learned] in tannaitic traditions; did I tell you [he was learned] in Scripture?

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