What is SIN?

[shazeep]

ok, i think we might be splitting hairs a little, but i agree. Nonetheless, He knew that His statement to the council would be interpreted as blasphemy, and an argument can be made that He intentionally disregarded a law that was punishable by death, and that even the citizens of the day would have stoned Him for it, and would not have been punished, on the testimony of witnesses. Civil punishment denotes civil crime, iow. Christ was crucified because He broke the law, technically speaking.