John 18:39
“But yee haue a custome that I should release vnto you one at the Passeouer: will ye therefore that I release vnto you the king of the Iewes?”
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John 18:39 Context
37Pilate therefore saide vnto him, Art thou a King then? Iesus answered, Thou saiest that I am a King. To this end was I borne, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should beare witnesse vnto the trueth: euery one that is of the trueth heareth my voice. 38Pilate saith vnto him, What is trueth? And when hee had said this, he went out againe vnto the Iewes, and saith vnto them, I find in him no fault at all. 39But yee haue a custome that I should release vnto you one at the Passeouer: will ye therefore that I release vnto you the king of the Iewes? 40Then cried they all againe, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.
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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?
- King James Version
"But you have a custom that I release someone for you at the Passover; do you wish then that I release for you the King of the Jews?"
- New American Standard Version (1995)
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?
- American Standard Version (1901)
But every year you make a request to me to let a prisoner go free at the Passover. Is it your desire that I let the King of the Jews go free?
- Basic English Bible
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?
- Darby Bible
But ye have a custom that I should release to you one at the passover: will ye therefore that I release to you the King of the Jews?
- Webster's Bible
But you have a custom that I should release one prisoner to you at the Passover. So shall I release to you the King of the Jews?"
- Weymouth 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?"
- World English Bible
But it is a custom to you, that Y delyuere oon to you in pask; therfor wole ye that Y delyuere to you the kyng of Jewis?
- Wycliffe Bible
and ye have a custom that I shall release to you one in the passover; will ye, therefore, [that] I shall release to you the king of the Jews?'
- Youngs Literal Bible
- King James Version
"But you have a custom that I release someone for you at the Passover; do you wish then that I release for you the King of the Jews?"
- New American Standard Version (1995)
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?
- American Standard Version (1901)
But every year you make a request to me to let a prisoner go free at the Passover. Is it your desire that I let the King of the Jews go free?
- Basic English Bible
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?
- Darby Bible
But ye have a custom that I should release to you one at the passover: will ye therefore that I release to you the King of the Jews?
- Webster's Bible
But you have a custom that I should release one prisoner to you at the Passover. So shall I release to you the King of the Jews?"
- Weymouth 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?"
- World English Bible
But it is a custom to you, that Y delyuere oon to you in pask; therfor wole ye that Y delyuere to you the kyng of Jewis?
- Wycliffe Bible
and ye have a custom that I shall release to you one in the passover; will ye, therefore, [that] I shall release to you the king of the Jews?'
- Youngs Literal Bible
Bible commentary
People's Bible Notes for John 18:39
Joh 18:39,40 Ye have a custom. See PNT "Mt 27:15". He was eager to comply with the custom in order to release an innocent prisoner, but he had not measured the depths of the Jewish hate which could demand, instead, a robber and a murderer.