Tosefta for Avodah Zarah 32:16

אמר לו נאמן עלי הדיין כסבור אותו הגמון עליו הוא אומר והוא לא אמר אלא כנגד אביו שבשמים אמר לו הואיל והאמנתי עליך דימוס פטור אתה

He replied, “I acknowledge the Judge as right.” The governor thought that he referred to him, but he was only speaking about his father in heaven. The governor said to him, “Because you have acknowledge me as right, I pardon you. You are dismissed.”

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