John 18:39

But you have a custom, for me to release someone to you at the passover: do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?

Revised King James New Testament

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 to him, What is truth? And when he had said this, he went out again to the Jews, and said to them, I find no fault in him.

40Then they all cried 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 accustomed to release to the people one prisoner, whom they wanted.

Mark 15:6Now at the feast he released to them one prisoner, whomever they requested.

Luke 23:17[For he was obliged to release one man to 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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