It may be that Strobel’s approach explains the matter, but this is not the only possibility. One could well argue that the entire discussion has contained a false assumption; namely, that the procedures used were those of a formal Jewish capital trial, since a Jewish trial is what Mark portrays. What if this examination was never intended to be seen as a Jewish capital case or a Jewish trial? Then the entire debate over mishnaic procedure might be superfluous. Commenting on the legal status of Jews