John 18:27-32

²⁷Peter then denied again, and immediately the rooster crowed.

²⁸Then they led Jesus from Caiaphas to the government headquarters. It was early in the morning, and they did not enter the government headquarters so that they would not be defiled but would eat the Passover.

²⁹So Pilate went out to them and said, “What accusation are you bringing against this man?”

³⁰They answered and said to him, “If this man was not an evildoer, we would not have given him over to you.”

³¹Pilate therefore said to them, “Take him yourselves, and judge him according to your law.” The Jews said to him, “It is not lawful for us to put any man to death.”

³²They said this so that the word of Jesus would be fulfilled which he had spoken to indicate by what kind of death he would die.