Commentary for Yevamot 244:2

והא איה חברנו קאמרי לה כיון דחזיתינהו בכיא אמרו לה איה חברנו אמרה להם מת וקברתיו

'This is his staff, and this is his bag and this is the grave wherein I buried him'. But, surely, they had asked her, 'Where is our friend?'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' How then could it be said that she spoke at random? ');">³</span> — When she saw them she began to cry, and when they asked her, 'Where is our friend?' she replied, 'He died and I buried him',<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' It was thus obvious that she had no ulterior motive in making her statement and that she was merely answering their enquiry. Such evidence may be regarded as given in all innocence (cf. supra p. 861, n. 14) and may be relied upon. ');">⁴</span> Our Rabbis taught: It once occurred that a man came to give evidence on behalf of a woman<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Testifying that her husband was dead. ');">⁵</span>

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