John 18:39

But you haue a custome, that I shoulde deliuer you one loose at the Passeouer: will yee then that I loose vnto you the King of ye Iewes?

Geneva Bible 1599

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 said vnto him, What is trueth? And when he had saide that, hee went out againe vnto the Iewes, and said vnto them, I finde in him no cause at all.

40Then cried they all againe, saying, Not him, but Barabbas: nowe this Barabbas was a murtherer.

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Cross References

Matthew 27:15Nowe at the feast, the gouernour was wont to deliuer vnto the people a prisoner whom they would.

Mark 15:6Nowe at the feast, Pilate did deliuer a prisoner vnto them, whomesoeuer they woulde desire.

Luke 23:17(For of necessitie hee must haue let one loose vnto 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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