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John 18:39
But ye have a custom that I release [some] one to you at the passover; will ye therefore that I release unto you the king of the Jews?
John 18:39 · Darby Bible
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?
But it is your custom that I release to you one prisoner at the Passover. So then, do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?”
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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In context
36 Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world; if my kingdom were of this world, my servants had fought that I might not be delivered up to the Jews; but now my kingdom is not from hence.
37 Pilate therefore said to him, Thou art then a king? Jesus answered, Thou sayest [it], that I am a king. I have been born for this, and for this I have come into the world, that I might bear witness to the truth. Every one that is of the truth hears my voice.
38 Pilate says to him, What is truth? And having said this he went out again to the Jews, and says to them, I find no fault whatever in him.
39 But ye have a custom that I release [some] one to you at the passover; will ye therefore that I release unto you the king of the Jews?
40 They cried therefore again all, saying, Not this [man], but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.
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