30. “If he were not a criminal,” they replied, “we would not have handed him over to you.”
31. Pilate said, “Take him yourselves and judge him by your own law.” “But we have no right to execute anyone,” they objected.
32. This took place to fulfill what Jesus had said about the kind of death he was going to die.
33. Pilate then went back inside the palace, summoned Jesus and asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?”