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Selected Verse: John 18:39 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Joh 18:39 |
Strong Concordance |
But [1161] ye [5213] have [2076] a custom [4914], that [2443] I should release [630] unto you [5213] one [1520] at [1722] the passover [3957]: will ye [1014] therefore [3767] that I release [630] unto you [5213] the King [935] of the Jews [2453]? |
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King James |
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? |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| But ye have a custom that I should release one unto you at the passover, &c.--See on Mar 15:7-11. "On the typical import of the choice of Christ to suffer, by which Barabbas was set free, see the sixteenth chapter of Leviticus, particularly Lev 16:5-10, where the subject is the sin offering on the great day of atonement" [KRAFFT in LUTHARDT]. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| See the notes at Mat 27:15-21. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Ye have a custom
The word συνήθεια, custom, originally means intimacy, habitual intercourse, and thence naturally passes into the meaning of habit or custom. Only John puts the statement of this custom into the mouth of Pilate. Matthew and Mark relate it as a fact.
At the Passover (ἐν τῷ πάσχα)
More specific than Matthew and Mark, where the expression is general, κατὰ ἑορτήν, at feast-time. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| But ye have a custom - Nothing relative to the origin or reason of this custom is known. Commentators have swam in an ocean of conjecture on this point. They have lost their labor, and made nothing out: see the notes on Mat 27:15; Luk 23:17. |
5 And he shall take [03947] of the congregation [05712] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478] two [08147] kids [08163] of the goats [05795] for a sin offering [02403], and one [0259] ram [0352] for a burnt offering [05930].
6 And Aaron [0175] shall offer [07126] his bullock [06499] of the sin offering [02403], which is for himself [01157], and make an atonement [03722] for himself, and for his house [01004].
7 And he shall take [03947] the two [08147] goats [08163], and present [05975] them before [06440] the LORD [03068] at the door [06607] of the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150].
8 And Aaron [0175] shall cast [05414] lots [01486] upon the two [08147] goats [08163]; one [0259] lot [01486] for the LORD [03068], and the other [0259] lot [01486] for the scapegoat [05799].
9 And Aaron [0175] shall bring [07126] the goat [08163] upon which the LORD'S [03068] lot [01486] fell [05927], and offer [06213] him for a sin offering [02403].
10 But the goat [08163], on which the lot [01486] fell [05927] to be the scapegoat [05799], shall be presented [05975] alive [02416] before [06440] the LORD [03068], to make an atonement [03722] with him, and to let him go [07971] for a scapegoat [05799] into the wilderness [04057].
7 And [1161] there was [2258] one named [3004] Barabbas [912], which lay bound [1210] with [3326] them that had made insurrection with him [4955], who [3748] had committed [4160] murder [5408] in [1722] the insurrection [4714].
8 And [2532] the multitude [3793] crying aloud [310] began [756] to desire [154] him to do as [2531] he had ever [104] done [4160] unto them [846].
9 But [1161] Pilate [4091] answered [611] them [846], saying [3004], Will ye [2309] that I release [630] unto you [5213] the King [935] of the Jews [2453]?
10 For [1063] he knew [1097] that [3754] the chief priests [749] had delivered [3860] him [846] for [1223] envy [5355].
11 But [1161] the chief priests [749] moved [383] the people [3793], that [2443] he should rather [3123] release [630] Barabbas [912] unto them [846].
15 Now [1161] at [2596] that feast [1859] the governor [2232] was wont [1486] to release [630] unto the people [3793] a [1520] prisoner [1198], whom [3739] they would [2309].
16 And [1161] they had [2192] then [5119] a notable [1978] prisoner [1198], called [3004] Barabbas [912].
17 Therefore [3767] when they [846] were gathered together [4863], Pilate [4091] said [2036] unto them [846], Whom [5101] will ye [2309] that I release [630] unto you [5213]? Barabbas [912], or [2228] Jesus [2424] which [3588] is called [3004] Christ [5547]?
18 For [1063] he knew [1492] that [3754] for [1223] envy [5355] they had delivered [3860] him [846].
19 When [1161] he [846] was set down [2521] on [1909] the judgment seat [968], his [846] wife [1135] sent [649] unto [4314] him [846], saying [3004], [2532] Have thou [4671] nothing [3367] to do with that [1565] just man [1342]: for [1063] I have suffered [3958] many things [4183] this day [4594] in [2596] a dream [3677] because [1223] of him [846].
20 But [1161] the chief priests [749] and [2532] elders [4245] persuaded [3982] the multitude [3793] that [2443] they should ask [154] Barabbas [912], and [1161] destroy [622] Jesus [2424].
21 The governor [2232] answered [611] and [1161] said [2036] unto them [846], Whether [5101] of [575] the twain [1417] will ye [2309] that I release [630] unto you [5213]? [1161] They said [2036], Barabbas [912].
17 (For [1161] of necessity [318] he must [2192] release [630] one [1520] unto them [846] at [2596] the feast [1859].)
15 Now [1161] at [2596] that feast [1859] the governor [2232] was wont [1486] to release [630] unto the people [3793] a [1520] prisoner [1198], whom [3739] they would [2309].