38 Pilate said to him, “What is truth?”

And when he[a] had said this, he went out again to the Jews and said to them, “I find no basis for an accusation against him. 39 But it is your custom that I release for you one prisoner[b] at the Passover. So do you want me[c] 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.)[d]

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Footnotes

  1. John 18:38 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“had said”) which is understood as temporal
  2. John 18:39 The word “prisoner” is not in the Greek text, but is implied
  3. John 18:39 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  4. John 18:40 Or perhaps “robber”