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John 18:31
“Pilate therefore said to them, "Take him yourselves, and judge him according to your law." Therefore the Jews said to him, "It is not lawful for us to put anyone to death,”
Verse in context — John 18
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Pilate therefore went out to them, and said, "What accusation do you bring against this man?
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They answered him, "If this man weren't an evildoer, we wouldn't have delivered him up to you.
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Pilate therefore said to them, "Take him yourselves, and judge him according to your law." Therefore the Jews said to him, "It is not lawful for us to put anyone to death,
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that the word of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spoke, signifying by what kind of death he should die.
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Pilate therefore entered again into the Praetorium, called Jesus, and said to him, "Are you the King of the Jews?
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