Jesus before Pilate
28 Then 18:28–38 Mt 27:2,11–14; Mk 15:1–5; Lk 23:25 they led Jesus from Caiaphas to the governor’s headquarters. 18:28 Mk 15:16 It was early morning. They did not enter the headquarters themselves; otherwise they would be defiled and unable to eat the Passover.
29 So Pilate 18:29 1Tm 6:13 came out to them and said, "What charge 18:29 1Tm 5:19; Ti 1:6 do you bring against this man? "
30 They answered him, "If this man weren’t a criminal, 18:30 Lit an evil doer we wouldn’t have handed him over to you."
31 Pilate told them, "You take him and judge him according to your law."
"It’s not legal for us to put anyone to death," the Jews declared. 32 They said this so that Jesus’s words might be fulfilled indicating what kind of death he was going to die. 18:32 Jn 12:32–33