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?

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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 having said this, he went out again to the Jews, and saith to them, I find nothing criminal in him.

40Then they cried out again, 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 wont to release to the multitude one prisoner, whom they would.

Mark 15:6Now at the feast he was wont to release to them one prisoner, whom they might ask.

Luke 23:17Now it was necessary for him to release to them one 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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