John 18:28-30 ▼

28 Then they brought Jesus from Caiaphas to the praetorium. It was morning. And they themselves did not enter the praetorium, in order not to be defiled so that they could eat the Passover.

29 So Pilate came out to them and said, “What charge do you bring [against] this man?”

30 They answered and said to him, “If he were not a criminal, we would not have handed him over to you.”