The gemora says that how great are the chachomim that they only gave thirty nine lashes even though it says forty. The greatness of the chachamim was that they did everything possible by recognizing pain to eliminate even one.
It says that the people of bavel are fools as they stand up infront of the Torah but not the learners which is specified in the pasuk. Standing up infront of the Totah is a kal vechomer.
Explains the Baal Akedah that we still give special honor to the source as dayah lavo, we cannot learn more from the kal vechomer than the source.
