John 18:31-33

New International Version

³¹ Pilate said, “Take him yourselves and judge him by your own law.”

“But we have no right to execute anyone,” they objected. ³² This took place to fulfill what Jesus had said about the kind of death he was going to die.^(A)

³³ Pilate then went back inside the palace,^(B) summoned Jesus and asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?”^(C)