Related%20passage for Yevamot 130:10

רבי יוחנן בן ברוקה אומר: אתמר רבי יוחנן ור' יהושע בן לוי חד אמר הלכה כרבי יוחנן בן ברוקה וחד אמר אין הלכה כרבי יוחנן בן ברוקה

At the School of R. Ishmael it was taught: Great is the cause of peace. Seeing that for its sake even the Holy One, blessed be He, modified a statement; for at first it is written, My lord being old,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Gen. XVIII, 12, a slight on Abraham, ');">²⁵</span> while afterwards it is written, And I am old.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. 13. Thus God, when speaking to Abraham, modified Sarah's expression concerning him, which he might have resented, to one in which the slight of 'crabbed old age' was directed towards Sarah herself; v. B.M. Sonc. ed. p. 502, n. 4. ');">²⁶</span> R. JOHANAN B. BEROKA, HOWEVER, SAID. It was stated: R. Johanan and R. Joshua b. Levi [are at variance]. One stated that the <i>halachah</i> is in agreement with R. Johanan b. Beroka, and the other stated that the <i>halachah</i> is not in agreement with R. Johanan b. Beroka. It may be proved that it was R. Johanan who stated that the <i>halachah</i> is not [in agreement etc.]. For R. Abbahu was once sitting [at the college] and reported in the name of R. Johanan that the <i>halachah</i> [was in agreement etc.], and R. Ammi and R. Assi turned away their faces.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Because they knew that R. Johanan said the reverse. Out of respect, however, for the Master they refrained from a direct contradiction. ');">²⁷</span>

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