Reference for Sanhedrin 220:4
רבי יהושע בן קרחה אומר לא נאמר פסוק זה אלא כנגד דורות הבאים אספו לי חסידי אלו צדיקים שבכל דור ודור כורתי בריתי (עלי זבח) אלו חנניה מישאל ועזריה שמסרו עצמן לתוך כבש האש עלי זבח [אלו] ר"ע וחביריו שמסרו עצמן לשחיטה על דברי תורה
R. Simeon b. Manasya said: They will enter the future world, as it is said, And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with songs.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Isa. XXXV, 10: he regards 'the ransomed of the Lord' as alluding to those who left Egypt, whom the Lord 'ransomed'. ');"><sup>7</sup></span> Rabbah b. Bar Hana said in R. Johanan's name: [Here] R. Akiba abandoned his love.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In his love for Israel he generally sought the happiest destinies for them. Here, however, he taught that the generation of the wilderness had no portion in the world to come, though, as the speaker proceeds to demonstrate, he could so have interpreted a verse as to grant them a share therein. ');"><sup>8</sup></span>