John 18:30-32 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

30. They responded and said to him, "If he were not an evil-doer, we would not have handed him over you."

31. Therefore, Pilate said to them, "Take him yourselves and judge him according to your own law." Then the Jews said to him, "It is not lawful for us to execute anyone."

32. This was so that the word of Jesus would be fulfilled, which he spoke signifying what kind of death he would die.

John 18