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| | Sefer Yohassin 3 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30) |
 | | In Avoth deRabbi Nathan we find that his son died, and his five disciples came to comfort him, but he was not appeased but by R. Eleazar ben Arach, as his son was very wise and sinless, and he was redeemed in due course. |
 | | In the Avoth deRabbi Nathan, in Mishna of Joseph ben Joezer the whole story is explicated. |
 | | As for the general rule, I do not know whether he was a priest, Rabbi Ishmael, a colleague of Rabbi Akiba, and a friend of Ben Nanas, since the Rabbi did not mention him, and this Rabbi Ishmael is frequently mentioned in the Mishna and in Baraitha. |
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