John 18:31

Then said Pilate unto them, Take ye him, and judge him according to your law. The Jews therefore said unto him, It is not lawful for us to put any man to death:

Then {G3767} said {G2036} Pilate {G4091} unto them {G846}, Take {G2983} ye {G5210} him {G846}, and {G2532} judge {G2919} him {G846} according {G2596} to your {G5216} law {G3551}. The Jews {G2453} therefore {G3767} said {G2036} unto him {G846}, It is {G1832} not {G3756} lawful {G1832} for us {G2254} to put {G615} any man {G3762} to death {G615}:

Pilate said to them, “You take him and judge him according to your own law.” The Judeans replied, “We don’t have the legal power to put anyone to death.”

“You take Him and judge Him by your own law,” Pilate told them. “We are not permitted to execute anyone,” the Jews replied.

Pilate therefore said unto them, Take him yourselves, and judge him according to your law. The Jews said unto him, It is not lawful for us to put any man to death:

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Cross-References

  • John 19:6 (4 votes)

    When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify [him], crucify [him]. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him, and crucify [him]: for I find no fault in him.

  • John 19:7 (4 votes)

    The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.

  • John 19:15 (4 votes)

    But they cried out, Away with [him], away with [him], crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar.

  • Acts 25:18 (2 votes)

    Against whom when the accusers stood up, they brought none accusation of such things as I supposed:

  • Acts 25:20 (2 votes)

    And because I doubted of such manner of questions, I asked [him] whether he would go to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these matters.

  • Ezekiel 21:26 (2 votes)

    Thus saith the Lord GOD; Remove the diadem, and take off the crown: this [shall] not [be] the same: exalt [him that is] low, and abase [him that is] high.

  • Ezekiel 21:27 (2 votes)

    I will overturn, overturn, overturn, it: and it shall be no [more], until he come whose right it is; and I will give it [him].