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?”
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
John 18:39 in context
John 18:36–40
36
Jesus answered, “My Kingdom is not of this world. If my Kingdom were of this world, then my servants would fight, that I wouldn’t be delivered to the Jews. But now my Kingdom is not from here.”
37
Pilate 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.”
38
Pilate 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.
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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?”
40
Then they all shouted again, saying, “Not this man, but Barabbas!” Now Barabbas was a robber.
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