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John 18:39

37 “Then You are a king!” Pilate said. “You say that I am a king,” Jesus answered. “For this reason I was born and have come into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to My voice.”

38 “What is truth?” Pilate asked. And having said this, he went out again to the Jews and told them, “I find no basis for a charge against Him.

But it is your custom that I release to you one prisoner at the Passover. So then, do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?”

40 “Not this man,” they shouted, “but Barabbas!” (Now Barabbas was an insurrectionist.)

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
But it is your custom that I release to you one prisoner at the Passover. So then, do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?”
KJV
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?
WEB
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?”
ASV
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?
DARBY
But ye have a custom that I release [some] one to you at the passover; will ye therefore that I release unto you the king of the Jews?
BLB
But it is your⁺ custom that I should release to you⁺ one at the Passover; therefore do you⁺ wish [that] I should release to you⁺ the King of the Jews?”
ÅB
Men dere har jo den skikk at jeg skal gi dere en fri i påsken; vil dere da at jeg skal gi dere jødenes konge fri?
OTB
Men det er deres skikk at jeg løslater en fange til dere ved påsken. Vil dere at jeg skal løslate 'jødenes konge'?"
B1930
Men I har jo den skikk at jeg skal gi eder en fri i påsken; vil I da at jeg skal gi eder jødenes konge fri?

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