John 18:31

New International Version

Pilate said, “Take him yourselves and judge him by your own law.” “But we have no right to execute anyone,” they objected.

Cross References

Genesis 49:10

The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until he to whom it belongs shall come and the obedience of the nations shall be his.

John 18:30

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

John 18:32

This took place to fulfill what Jesus had said about the kind of death he was going to die.

John 19:15

But they shouted, “Take him away! Take him away! Crucify him!” “Shall I crucify your king?” Pilate asked. “We have no king but Caesar,” the chief priests answered.