29. So Pilate went outside to them. He asked, “What charges do you bring against this man?”
30. They answered, “He is a criminal. That is why we brought him to you.”
31. Pilate said to them, “Take him yourselves and judge him by your own law.”They answered, “But we are not allowed to put anyone to death.”
32. (This happened so that what Jesus had said about how he would die would come true.)
33. Then Pilate went back inside the palace. He called Jesus to him and asked, “Are you the king of the Jews?”
34. Jesus said, “Is that your own question, or did others tell you about me?”