31Pilate therefore said to them, |Take him yourselves, and judge him according to your law.| Therefore the Jews said to him, |It is not lawful for us to put anyone to death,|


In Context

28 They led Jesus therefore from Caiaphas into the Praetorium. It was early, and they themselves didn't enter into the Praetorium, that they might not be defiled, but might eat the Passover.

29 Pilate therefore went out to them, and said, |What accusation do you bring against this man?|

30 They answered him, |If this man weren't an evildoer, we wouldn't have delivered him up to you.|

31 Pilate therefore said to them, |Take him yourselves, and judge him according to your law.| Therefore the Jews said to him, |It is not lawful for us to put anyone to death,|

32 that the word of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spoke, signifying by what kind of death he should die.

33 Pilate therefore entered again into the Praetorium, called Jesus, and said to him, |Are you the King of the Jews?|

John 18:31 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:31Then 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:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

18:31Pilate said, "Take him yourselves and judge him by your own law."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

18:31Pilate therefore said to them: Take him you, and judge him according to your law. The Jews therefore said to him: It is not lawful for us to put any man to death;

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

18:31Pilate 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:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:31Pilate therefore said to them, Take him, ye, and judge him according to your law. The Jews therefore said to him, It is not permitted to us to put any one to death;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

18:31Pilate 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:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:31Then said Pilate to them, Take ye him, and judge him according to your law. The Jews therefore said to him, It is not lawful for us to put any man to death:

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

18:31Pilate, therefore, said to them, 'Take ye him — ye — and according to your law judge him;' the Jews, therefore, said to him, 'It is not lawful to us to put any one to death;'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:31Then said Pilate to them, Take you him, and judge him according to your law. The Jews therefore said to him, It is not lawful for us to put any man to death: