Quoting%20commentary for Bava Kamma 149:16

אמר רבא [קפחתי] לסבי דבי רב דהא רבן גמליאל פוטר עצמו מכלום הוה וקאמר ליה רב חסדא לרב הונא ולא קא משני ליה

— Rab might rejoin: My statement can hold good even according to R. Eleazar son of R. Simeon. For R. Eleazar son of R. Simeon would not have expressed the view he did there save for the fact that the thief made his confession because of his fear of the witnesses, whereas here he confessed out of his own free will, even R. Eleazar son of R. Simeon might have agreed [that the confession would bar any pending liability].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And no witnesses should be permitted to give evidence in the matter. ');">¹³</span>

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