en_tn/jhn/18/31.md

The Jews said to him

Here "Jews" is a synecdoche for the Jewish leaders who opposed Jesus and arrested him. Alternate translation: "The Jewish leaders said to him" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche)

It is not lawful for us to put any man to death

According to Roman law, the Jews could not put a man to death. Alternate translation: "According to Roman law, we cannot put a person to death" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)