John 18:39

But ye have a custom, that I should release to you one at the passover. Do ye desire therefore that I release to you the King of the Jews?

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

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 in him.

40They all therefore cried out again, saying: Not this one, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.

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Cross References

Matthew 27:15Now at the feast the governor was wont to release to the multitude one prisoner, whom they would.

Mark 15:6And at the feast he released to them one prisoner, whomsoever they asked.

Luke 23:17[23:17]

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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