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If this man was not an evildoer, we would not have given him over to you

You can translate this double negative in a positive form. Alternate translation: "This man is an evildoer, and we had to given him over to you" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-doublenegatives)

given him over

This phrase here means to hand over to an enemy.