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John 18:31–33

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31Pilate said to them, w“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.” 32xThis was to fulfill the word that Jesus had spoken yto show by what kind of death he was going to die.

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33zSo Pilate entered his headquarters again and called Jesus and said to him, a“Are you the King of the Jews?”

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Cross references

  1. w[ch. 19:6]
  2. x[ch. 13:18]
  3. ych. 12:32, 33; Matt. 20:19; 26:2; Mark 10:33; Luke 18:32
  4. zch. 19:9
  5. a[ch. 19:12]

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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

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

Pilate then went back inside the palace, summoned Jesus and asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Pilate told them, “You take him and judge him according to your law.”

“It’s not legal for us to put anyone to death,” the Jews declared. They said this so that Jesus’s words might be fulfilled indicating what kind of death he was going to die.

Then Pilate went back into the headquarters, summoned Jesus, and said to him, “Are you the king of the Jews?”

NLTNew Living Translation

“Then take him away and judge him by your own law,” Pilate told them.

“Only the Romans are permitted to execute someone,” the Jewish leaders replied. (This fulfilled Jesus’ prediction about the way he would die.)

Then Pilate went back into his headquarters and called for Jesus to be brought to him. “Are you the king of the Jews?” he asked him.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

So Pilate said to them, “You take him and judge him according to your law!” The Jews said to him, “It is not permitted for us to kill anyone,” in order that the word of Jesus would be fulfilled that he had spoken, indicating by what sort of death he was going to die.

Then Pilate entered again into the governor’s residence and summoned Jesus and said to him, “Are you the king of the Jews?”

KJV 1900King James Version

Then said Pilate unto them, Take ye him, and judge him according to your law. The Jews therefore said unto him, It is not lawful for us to put any man to death: That the saying of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spake, signifying what death he should die. Then Pilate entered into the judgment hall again, and called Jesus, and said unto him, Art thou the King of the Jews?