Joh 18:31, 19:7-8 | ESV | STEP | Pilate said to them , Take him yourselves and judge him by your own law . The Jews said to him , It is not lawful for us to put anyone to death .

d ch. 5:17, 18; 10:36; Matt. 26:63; Luke 22:70

John 18:31

31 Pilate said to them, ^a“Take him yourselves and judge him by your own law.” The Jews said to him, “It is not lawful for us to put anyone to death.”

John 19:7-8

7 The Jews ^{▼▼Greek Ioudaioi probably refers here to Jewish religious leaders, and others under their influence, in that time; also verses 12, 14, 31, 38} answered him, “We have a law, and ^caccording to that law he ought to die because ^dhe has made himself the Son of God.” 8 When Pilate heard this statement, ^ehe was even more afraid.