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.
33. Pilate then went back inside the palace, summoned Jesus and asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?"
34. "Is that your own idea," Jesus asked, "or did others talk to you about me?"
35. "Am I a Jew?" Pilate replied. "Your own people and chief priests handed you over to me. What is it you have done?"