Study Nazir folio 33A with parallel Hebrew-English text, traditional commentary, and modern study tools. Free access to Babylonian Talmud online.
Abaye said: One must correct his understanding of the Mishnah, so that it deals with a situation where in addition to his first statement he said: Even if it is not so-and-so, I shall be a nazirite. And what is the meaning of the phrase: Whose statement was not fulfilled? It means: His first state
§ The Mishnah taught that if the individual walking toward them turned back, so that his identity remained unknown, not one of them is a nazirite. The Talmud clarifies: The reason is only because he turned back, from which it may be inferred that if that person comes before us and is identified,