"But ye have a custom, that I should release unto you one at the passover: will ye therefore that I release unto you the …" — John 18:39

John 18:39 · KJV

“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

Verse 38

Pilate saith unto him, What is truth? And when he had said this, he went out again unto the Jews, and saith unto them, I find in him no fault {at all}.

Verse 40

Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.

John 18 — Context

Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.

Pilate saith unto him, What is truth? And when he had said this, he went out again unto the Jews, and saith unto them, I find in him no fault {at all}.

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?

Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.

Cross References

Matthew 27:15-18

Now at {that} feast the governor was wont to release unto the people a prisoner, whom they would.

Luke 23:16-23

I will therefore chastise him, and release {him}.

Mark 15:6-14

Now at {that} feast he released unto them one prisoner, whomsoever they desired.

Matthew 27:20-23

But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.