John 18:39

But it is your custom that I release to you one prisoner at the Passover. So then, do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?”

Berean Standard Bible

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

38“What is truth?” Pilate asked. And having said this, he went out again to the Jews and told them, “I find no basis for a charge against Him.

40“Not this man,” they shouted, “but Barabbas!” (Now Barabbas was an insurrectionist.)

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Cross References

Matthew 27:15Now it was the governor’s custom at the feast to release to the crowd a prisoner of their choosing.

Mark 15:6Now it was Pilate’s custom at the feast to release to the people a prisoner of their choosing.

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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