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[ashbey15]

What would be the general punishment for breaking the law in Jerusalem in Jesus' time?

[plys]

Flogging, imprisonment, and in extreme cases, mutilation (such as removing the tongue). In rare cases, blinding. Rare because the person blinded automatically becomes a beggar.

[jung-hwa75]

Dig your body to your neck in sand and stone you, whip you, drown you, cut off your head, cut of your genitals etc etc

[jolie]

Just like today, anything the authority can get away with.

[weiford]

stoning was a big one.

[emek]

Jail, dismemberment (i.e. cutting off hand), stoning, whipping, etc

[khalid]

Flogging and other means of being put to death besides crucifixion, such as beheading and stoning.