39 You(A) have a custom that I release one prisoner to you at the Passover. So, do you want me to release to you the king of the Jews?”

40 They shouted back, “Not this man, but Barabbas!” (B) Now Barabbas was a revolutionary.[a](C)

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Footnotes

  1. 18:40 Or robber; see Jn 10:1,8 for the same Gk word used here

39 But you have a custom of asking me to release one prisoner each year at Passover. Would you like me to release this ‘King of the Jews’?”

40 But they shouted back, “No! Not this man. We want Barabbas!” (Barabbas was a revolutionary.)

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