For I did not, like most people, enjoy those who have much to say, but those who taught what was true; nor those who relate commands of others, but those who report the ones given by the Lord to the faith and proceeding from the truth itself.
כל אשר למדתי מהזקנים בשקדנות ובכל הזדמנות, וזכרתי היטב, בהבטיחי לך את אמיתותם.