Commentary for Makkot 13:11

אמר רב אשי אם תמצא לומר שלם הוה דלמא במקום סייף נקב הוה

Rav Ashi says, If it came out that they said that they saw that the victim was viable [prior to being killed, they would say that] maybe in the place that the sword entered there was a hole.

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