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John 18:39-40
English Standard Version
John 18:39-40
English Standard Version
39 (A)But you have a custom that I should release one man for you at the Passover. So do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?” 40 They cried out again, (B)“Not this man, but Barabbas!” Now Barabbas was a robber.[a]
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- John 18:40 Or an insurrectionist
John 18:39-40
Lexham English Bible
John 18:39-40
Lexham English Bible
39 But it is your custom that I release for you one prisoner[a] at the Passover. So do you want me[b] to release for you the king of the Jews?” 40 Then they shouted again, saying, “Not this man, but Barabbas!” (Now Barabbas was a revolutionary.)[c]
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- John 18:39 The word “prisoner” is not in the Greek text, but is implied
- John 18:39 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- John 18:40 Or perhaps “robber”
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