John 18:28-30

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

²⁸ Then they brought Jesus from Caiaphas into the Praetorium (judgment hall, governor’s palace). And it was early. They themselves did not enter the Praetorium, that they might not be defiled (become ceremonially unclean), but might be fit to eat the Passover [supper].

²⁹ So Pilate went out to them and said, What accusation do you bring against this ^[a]Man?

³⁰ They retorted, If He were not an evildoer (criminal), we would not have handed Him over to you.