John 18:29-32 NIV

[29] So Pilate came out to them and asked, “What charges are you bringing against this man?” [30] “If he were not a criminal,” they replied, “we would not have handed him over to you.” [31] Pilate said, “Take him yourselves and judge him by your own law.” “But we have no right to execute anyone,” they objected. [32] This took place to fulfill what Jesus had said about the kind of death he was going to die.