29. So Pilate went outside to them and asked, “What do you accuse this man of?”
30. Their answer was, “We would not have brought him to you if he had not committed a crime.”
31. Pilate said to them, “Then you yourselves take him and try him according to your own law.”They replied, “We are not allowed to put anyone to death.”
32. (This happened in order to make the words of Jesus come true, the words he used when he indicated the kind of death he would die.)
33. Pilate went back into the palace and called Jesus. “Are you the King of the Jews?” he asked him.
34. Jesus answered, “Does this question come from you or have others told you about me?”