פירוש על קידושין 63:12

There it is the Rabbis who are saying to Rabbi Shimon, etc.: That which they said that stoning is more stringent is not that they are giving a reason for their words. Rather they are saying that they be judged with burning, following the majority. And that which you said [that] they should be judged with stoning to be more lenient upon them - you are not being more lenient but more stringent, since stoning is more stringent.

R. Judah responds that in this line the rabbis are just responding to R. Shimon, disagreeing with him as to which punishment is more severe.
This is the end of the section about stoning and burning. The Talmud will now discuss how R. Yehezkel’s son interacted with him.