John 18:39

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

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 saith to him: What is truth? And when he said this, he went out again to the Jews, and saith to them: I find no cause in him.

40Then cried they all again, saying: Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.

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Cross References

Matthew 27:15Now upon the solemn day the governor was accustomed to release to the people one prisoner, whom they would.

Mark 15:6Now on the festival day he was wont to release unto them one of the prisoners, whomsoever they demanded.

Luke 23:17Now of necessity he was to release unto them one upon the feast day.

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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