Commentary for Makkot 10:1

אי איסטטית היא זו אפי' כת ראשונה נמי לא אמר ר' אבהו שקדמו והרגו

If this [the second group of witnesses] is a plotting group, and even the first group shouldn't be executed. Rebbi Abahu says, [The case in the mishna is] when they were already executed.

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