31 “You take Him and judge Him by your own law,” Pilate told them. “We are not permitted to execute anyone,” the Jews replied. 32 This was to fulfill the word that Jesus had spoken to indicate the kind of death He was going to die. 33 Pilate went back into the Praetorium, summoned Jesus, and asked Him, “Are You the King of the Jews?”
John 18:31–33
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