Commentary for Avodah Zarah 81:6

סייף מעיקרא סבור לסטים בעלמא ולבסוף סבור שהורג את עצמו תחת כל העולם כולו

A sword — at first they thought that it is just the emblem of a robber, but later they thought that it has the power of killing the whole world.

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