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John 18:39

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But you have a custom, that I should release someone to you at the Passover. Therefore, do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?”

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John 18:39 in other translations

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?

John 18:39 · American Standard Version

John 18:39 in context

  1. 37Pilate therefore said to him, “Are you a king then?”
    Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. For this reason I have been born, and for this reason I have come into the world, that I should testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice.”
  2. 38Pilate said to him, “What is truth?”
    When he had said this, he went out again to the Jews, and said to them, “I find no basis for a charge against him.
  3. 39But you have a custom, that I should release someone to you at the Passover. Therefore, do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?”
  4. 40Then they all shouted again, saying, “Not this man, but Barabbas!” Now Barabbas was a robber.