7. Antecedent warning. The evidence failed to show that antecedent warning of the crime was given to Jesus. This last legal argument is based upon a seemingly absurd provision in the Jewish law. It applied to criminal cases only, and one wonders whether any criminal could have been convicted under the strict interpretation of the rule. The rule states: “No person charged with a crime involving life and death, or even corporal punishment, could be convicted, unless it was shown by competent testimony,