John 18:31

So Pilate said to them, “ You take him and judge him according to your law.” So the Jews said to him, “We are not permitted to execute anyone.”

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In The King 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:

In Context

30In reply they said to him, “If he were not an evil-doer we would not have handed him over to you.”

32(This was to fulfill the statement that Jesus made, indicating what sort of death He was about to die.)

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Cross References

John 19:6Well when the chief priests and the operatives saw Him they shouted, saying, “Crucify! Crucify him!” Pilate says to them, “ You take and crucify him, because I find no crime in him.”

Acts 25:18When the accusers stood up, they brought no charge against him of such things as I supposed,

Matthew Henry on John 18:29-40

Christ in the Judgment-Hall; Christ Arraigned before Pilate. 28 Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the passover. 29 Pilate then went out unto them, and said, What accusation bring ye against this man? 30 They answered and said unto him, If he were not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him up unto thee. 31 Then said Pilate unto them, Take ye him, and judge him… Read the whole commentary →

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