John 18:29-31

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

²⁹ So Pilate went out to them and said, “What accusation do you bring against this man?”^{[a] 30} They answered him, “If this man were not an evildoer, we would not have handed him over.” ³¹ Pilate said to them, “Take him yourselves and judge him by your own law.” The Jews said to him, “It is not lawful for us to put any man to death.”^[b]