John 18:39

New Testament · SCRIPTURE

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

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?”

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KJV

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?

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WEB

World English Bible

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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ASV

American Standard 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?

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

But it is your⁺ custom that I should release to you⁺ one at the Passover; therefore do you⁺ wish [that] I should release to you⁺ the King of the Jews?”

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

John 18

³⁷ “Then You are a king!” Pilate said. “You say that I am a king,” Jesus answered. “For this reason I was born and have come into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to My voice.”

³⁸ “What is truth?” Pilate asked. And having said this, he went out again to the Jews and told them, “I find no basis for a charge against Him.

³⁹ 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?”

⁴⁰ “Not this man,” they shouted, “but Barabbas!” (Now Barabbas was an insurrectionist.)

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