28
Then they took Jesus from Caiaphas to Pilate's headquarters. It was early in the morning. They themselves did not enter the headquarters, so as to avoid ritual defilement and to be able to eat the Passover.
29
So Pilate went out to them and said, "What accusation do you bring against this man?"
30
They answered, "If this man were not a criminal, we would not have handed him over to you."
31
Pilate said to them, "Take him yourselves and judge him according to your law." The Jews replied, "We are not permitted to put anyone to death."
32
(This was to fulfill what Jesus had said when he indicated the kind of death he was to die.)
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