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? "
— John 18:39, 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?”
“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?"”
“But it is your custom that I release one prisoner for you at the Passover. So do you want me to release for you the king of the Jews?””
“But you have a custom that I should release one unto you at the Pasch. Will you, therefore, that I release unto you the king of the Jews?”
“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?”
“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?”
Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.
Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end have I been born, and to this end am I come 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 no crime in him.
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?
They cried out therefore again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.