John 18:39

But ye have a custom that I release [some] one to you at the passover; will ye therefore that I release unto you the king of the Jews?

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

But ye have a custom, that I should release unto you one at the passover: will ye therefore that I release unto you the King of the Jews?

In Context

38Pilate says to him, What is truth? And having said this he went out again to the Jews, and says to them, I find no fault whatever in him.

40They cried therefore again all, saying, Not this [man], but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.

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Cross References

Matthew 27:15Now at [the] feast the governor was accustomed to release one prisoner to the crowd, whom they would.

Mark 15:6But at [the] feast he released to them one prisoner, whomsoever they begged [of him].

Luke 23:17( Now he was obliged to release one for them at the feast.)

Matthew Henry on John 18:29-40

Christ in the Judgment-Hall; Christ Arraigned before Pilate. 28 Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the passover. 29 Pilate then went out unto them, and said, What accusation bring ye against this man? 30 They answered and said unto him, If he were not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him up unto thee. 31 Then said Pilate unto them, Take ye him, and judge him… Read the whole commentary →

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