John 18:38-40
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
38 Pilate said to him, “What is truth?”(A)
When he had said this, he again went out to the Jews and said to them, “I find no guilt in him. 39 But you have a custom that I release one prisoner to you at Passover.[a] Do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?” 40 They cried out again, “Not this one but Barabbas!”[b] Now Barabbas was a revolutionary.
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- 18:39 See note on Mt 27:15.
- 18:40 Barabbas: see note on Mt 27:16–17. Revolutionary: a guerrilla warrior fighting for nationalistic aims, though the term can also denote a robber. See note on Mt 27:38.
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