John 18:31

English Standard Version 2016

Pilate said to them, “Take him yourselves and judge him by your own law.” The Jews said to him, “It is not lawful for us to put anyone to death.”

Cross References

John 19:15

They cried out, “Away with him, away with him, crucify him!” Pilate said to them, “Shall I crucify your King?” The chief priests answered, “We have no king but Caesar.”

Genesis 49:10

The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until tribute comes to him; and to him shall be the obedience of the peoples.

John 18:30

They answered him, “If this man were not doing evil, we would not have delivered him over to you.”

John 18:32

This was to fulfill the word that Jesus had spoken to show by what kind of death he was going to die.