Ben Antinos brought firstborn [kosher animals] from Babylon, but they did not accept [them] from him. Yosef the Kohen brought bikkurim of wine and oil, and they did not accept [them] from him. Also, he [Yosef the Kohen] brought his sons and the members of his household to celebrate Minor Pesach in Jerusalem, but they turned him back, so that the matter not be established as obligatory. Ariston brought his First Fruits from Apamya and they accepted [them] from him, because they said: One who acquires [land] in Surya is like one who acquires [land] in the outskirts of Jerusalem.