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]

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. John 18:39 The word “prisoner” is not in the Greek text, but is implied
  2. John 18:39 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  3. John 18:40 Or perhaps “robber”