Commentary for Sanhedrin 96:11

ולטעמיך אלהים למה לי אלא לאפושי ריתחא ה"נ לאפושי ריתחא

why state,'God'?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The charge of blasphemy being in itself superfluous. ');">²⁴</span> Hence [it must have beenadded] in order to increase the anger [of thejudges].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., they might have been inclined to think that a charge of treason alone was trumped up, but when blasphemy was added, they assumed it to be genuine. So Rashi. Kimhi maintains that the judges knew the testimony to be false, but that the accusation was made stronger in order to keep the people from revolting against the execution. ');">²⁵</span>

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