John 18:38-40

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³⁸ “Truth!” said Pilate. “What’s that?”

With those words, he went back out to the Judaeans.

“I find this man not guilty!” he said to them. ³⁹ “But look here: you’ve got this custom that I should let someone free at Passover-time. So what about it? Would you like me to release ‘The King of the Jews’?”

⁴⁰ “No!” they shouted. “We don’t want him! Give us Barabbas!”

Now Barabbas was a brigand.