^{29 Ref} Pilate, therefore, went forth unto them, and said, `What accusation do ye bring against this man?'

^{30 Ref} they answered and said to him, `If he were not an evil doer, we had not delivered him to thee.'

^{31 Ref} Pilate, 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;'