תּלמוד אויף זכריה 11:8

HALAKHAH: What means ביחילו? Rebbi Ḥiyya bar Abba said, if it comes alive, as you say (Zach. 11:8): “And their souls were too much for me.³⁸Cf. Ševi‘it Chapter 7, Note 84. “Coming alive” means getting some moisture in the fruit.” Rebbi Abba bar Jacob in the name of Rebbi Joḥanan: When they start to become red outside³⁹Here and in the paragraph on mulberries, “red” means any color other than green. Figs are either green or dark violet.. Do all figs become red on the outside? Rebbi Tanḥum bar Marion said in the name of Rebbi Joḥanan: He takes one and puts it somewhere. If that one ripens within 24 hours they are obligated, otherwise they are free.

They read the following verse in his dream; "And I have removed the three shepherds"(Zecharia.11:8)(implying that the three rabbis were about to be removed from the world). The next day, when they took leave of him (Rav Papa told them: Go rabbis, in peace.