Min under the Law

22. Once R. Eleazar b. Damma was bitten by a snake. Jacob of Kefar Samma came to heal him in the name of Yeshua b. Pantera [i.e., Jesus], but R. Ishmael would not let him.

He [R. Ishmael] said, “You are not permitted, Son of Damma.” He [R. Eleazar b. Damma] said to him, “I will bring proof that he is permitted to heal me.” But…