John 18:30-32

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³⁰ “If he wasn’t doing wicked things,” they replied, “we wouldn’t have handed him over to you.”

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

“We’re not allowed to put anyone to death,” replied the Judaeans. ³² (This was so that the word of Jesus might come true, when he had indicated what sort of death he was going to die.)