John 18:39
And ye have a custom that I should release one to you at the passover; will ye, therefore, that I release to you this king of the Jews?
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
40And they all cried out, and said: Not this man, but Barabbas. Now this Barabbas was a robber.
Cross References
Matthew 27:15And at each festival, the president was accustomed to release to the people one prisoner, such as they preferred.
Mark 15:6And it was his custom, at each festival, to release to them one prisoner, whom they might desire.
Luke 23:17For it was a custom, that he should release one at the festival.
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 →