John 18:31

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

Pilate said to them, “Take him yourselves and judge him according to your law.” The Jews replied, “We are not permitted to put anyone to death.”

Cross References

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 the obedience of the peoples is his.

John 18:30

They answered, “If this man were not a criminal, we would not have handed him over to you.”

John 18:32

(This was to fulfill what Jesus had said when he indicated the kind of death he was to die.)

John 19:15

They cried out, “Away with him! Away with him! Crucify him!” Pilate asked them, “Shall I crucify your King?” The chief priests answered, “We have no king but the emperor.”