John 18:32

Jesus before Pilate

31“You take Him and judge Him by your own law,” Pilate told them. “We are not permitted to execute anyone,” the Jews replied. 32This was to fulfill the word that Jesus had spoken to indicate the kind of death He was going to die.

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Berean Standard Bible
This was to fulfill the word that Jesus had spoken to indicate the kind of death He was going to die.
American Standard Version (1901)
that the word of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spake, signifying by what manner of death he should die.
Bible in Basic English
(That the word of Jesus might come true, pointing to the sort of death he would have.)
Free Bible Version
This fulfilled what Jesus had said about how he would die.
Geneva Bible 1599
It was that the worde of Iesus might be fulfilled which he spake, signifying what death he should die.
King James (Authorized) Version
That the saying of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spake, signifying what death he should die.
One Unity Resource Bible
that the word of Yeshua [Salvation] might be fulfilled, which he spoke, signifying by what kind of death he should die.
Plain English Version
You see, they had to say that because Jesus said that he was going to die on a cross, and that’s how the Romans punished people.
Translation for Translators
The Romans executed people by nailing them to a cross. So, as a result of what the Jewish leaders said, it was fulfilled {the Romans would fulfill} what Jesus had said previously about the way he was going to die.
Unlocked Literal Bible
They said this so that the word of Jesus would be fulfilled which he had spoken to indicate by what kind of death he would die.
Noah Webster Bible
That the saying of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spoke, signifying what death he should die.
World English Bible
that the word of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spoke, signifying by what kind of death he should die.
Young's Literal Translation
that the word of Jesus might be fulfilled which he said, signifying by what death he was about to die.