John 18:29-31

EasyEnglish Bible

²⁹ So Pilate, the Roman ruler, went outside to meet them. He asked them, ‘What wrong thing do you say that this man has done?’ ³⁰ They replied, ‘We would not have brought him to you if he had done nothing wrong.’ ³¹ Pilate said to them, ‘You yourselves take him away. You should judge him by your own laws.’ The Jewish leaders replied, ‘We do not have authority to kill anyone when they have done something bad.’^[a]