Implied question: We could have asked if he argues both to be lenient [at times], and stringent [at other times]!

Answer: We still did not settle the question (i.e. whether [at least sometimes] he is more lenient, or more stringent. Indeed, had we settled it, he would have asked if he argues both to be lenient and stringent)!

Implied question: The majority of times that a Chacham comes up [from the water], there is a Kol (publicity)!

Answer: Even so, we are not concerned for (do not rely on) that majority, and l'Chatchilah she may not marry.

Support: This is like Gosesim. We do not testify [that they died], even though most of them die.

Version #1: Some texts say above "if he fell into a cauldron full of wine or oil, we may not testify about him, and this [Tana, who says "initially it extinguishes..."] is a third Tana [who says that in both cases, we testify].

Version #2: According to the texts that say above "we testify about him", this is the first Tana.

Support: R. Chananel explains like this. This Tana does not argue with the first Tana. He merely explains the reason for the law.

Question (Ri): It says about that if one fell into a lion's den, we do not testify about him, and similarly regarding endless water!

Answer #1: A true miracle is not needed to survive. We can attribute that [he lived, because] the lions were not hungry;

Regarding endless water, we can attribute [his survival] to a plank of the boat, or that a wave carried him...

Answer #2: However, the Yerushalmi says that if one fell into a lion's den, we do not testify about him, lest a miracle occurred for him like [for] Daniel;

If one fell into a furnace, we do not testify about him, lest a miracle occurred for him like for Chananyah, Misha'el and Azaryah.

Explanation: He fell in a fire and fled from it somehow.

Summation of Answer #2: [According to the Yerushalmi,] R. Meir argues with the Beraisa above (that says that if one fell into a furnace, we testify about him. He is concerned for miracles.)

Explanation: In any case, this is not the [same] matter that the Tzadik pained himself over. He did not make a pit [that killed his son. This is unlike his daughter, who was in danger due to a pit, a matter over which her father toiled.]

Explanation: The Mishnah means "we are going to our house, for we came from eulogizing."