² After tying him up, they led him away and handed him over to Pilate,^[a] the governor.^(A)

³⁰ They answered him, ‘If this man weren’t a criminal,^[a] we wouldn’t have handed him over to you.’

³¹ Pilate told them, ‘You take him and judge him according to your law.’

‘It’s not legal for us to put anyone to death,’ the Jews declared.

¹³ The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our ancestors,^(A) has glorified his servant Jesus, whom you handed over and denied before Pilate,^(B) though he had decided to release him.