Quoting%20commentary for Bava Batra 349:8

בעי רבא שכיב מרע שהודה מהו צריך לומר אתם עדי או אין צריך לומר אתם עדי צריך שיאמר כתובו או אין צריך לומר כתובו אדם משטה בשעת מיתה או אין אדם משטה בשעת מיתה

they are not believed; for had it been the case that he paid it, he would not have used [the word], 'Give'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' His use of the definite order, 'Give', implies that he was absolutely certain that the debt had not been discharged. ');">¹⁹</span> Raba inquired: What [is the law where] a dying man admitted [a debt]? Is it necessary [for him] to say [also] 'Be you my witnesses,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As is the case with a man in good health (cf. Sanh. 29a), otherwise he can subsequently deny all liability, pleading that his admission was a mere jest. ');">²⁰</span> or is it not necessary to say, 'Be you my witnesses'? [Is it assumed that] a man<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For his order of the text, of. BaH and Rashal, a.l. ');">²¹</span>

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