30 They answered, and said unto him, If he were not an evil doer, we would not have delivered him unto thee.

31 Then said Pilate unto them, Take ye him, and judge him after your own Law. Then the Jews said unto him, [a]It is not lawful for us to put any man to death.

32 It was that the word of Jesus (A)might be fulfilled which he spake, [b]signifying what death he should die.

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Footnotes

  1. John 18:31 For judgments of life and death were taken from them forty years before the destruction of the temple.
  2. John 18:32 For Christ had foretold that he should be crucified.

30 “If he were not a criminal,” they replied, “we would not have handed him over to you.”

31 Pilate said, “Take him yourselves and judge him by your own law.”

“But we have no right to execute anyone,” they objected. 32 This took place to fulfill what Jesus had said about the kind of death he was going to die.(A)

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