Commentary for Sanhedrin 105:1

בשלמא לר' יונתן כדקא מפרש רבי טעמא אלא לרבי יאשיה ממאי דאיכא חנק בעולם אימא סייף

Now, R. Jonathan's view raises no difficulty, its reason being explainedby Rabbi. But on R. Josiah's view, how do we know that there is death bystrangulation at all; perhaps the sword ismeant?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since the only ground for his assertion is the leniency of strangulation, perhaps there are only three death penalties, and when unspecified death is decreed in the Torah, it means the sword, the most lenient of the three. ');">¹</span>

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