31. Pilate said to them, “You take him yourselves and judge him by your own law.” The Jewish leaders answered, “But your law does not allow us to punish anyone by killing them.”
32. (This was to show the truth of what Jesus said about how he would die.)
33. Then Pilate went back inside the palace. He called for Jesus and asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?”
34. Jesus said, “Is that your own question, or did other people tell you about me?”
35. Pilate said, “I’m not a Jew! It was your own people and their leading priests who brought you before me. What have you done wrong?”