YHN 18:39 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) But you all have a custom here that the governor can release one prisoner during the Passover. So would you like me to release the king of the Jews?”

Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor, cyan:dative/indirect object.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT But it is your custom that I would release one person to you at the Passover. Therefore, do you desire that I would release the King of the Jews to you?”

UST However, you Jews have a custom: Every year during the Passover celebration you ask me, and I release to you someone who is in prison. So do you want me to release your king to you?”

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?”

BLB But it is your custom that I should release to you one at the Passover; therefore do you wish I should release to you the King of the Jews?"

AICNT But you have a custom that I should release one man for you at the Passover; do you want me to release for you the king of the Jews?”

OEB It is, however, the custom for me to grant you the release of one man at the Passover Festival. Do you wish for the release of the king of the Jews?’

LSB But you have a custom that I release someone for you at the Passover; do you wish then that I release for you the King of the Jews?”

WEBBE 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?”

WMBB (Same as above)

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

LSV and you have a custom that I will release to you one in the Passover; do you determine, therefore, [that] I will release to you the King of the Jews?”

FBV However, it is customary for me to release a prisoner to you at Passover. Do you want me to release the King of the Jews?”

TCNT But [fn]you have a custom that I release for you one man at the Passover. So do you want me to release for you the king of the Jews?”

18:39 you ¦ we PCK {Note: Morrill does not document the PCK variant in his collation.}

T4T But you Jews customarily, every year during the Passover celebration, ask me to release for you someone who is in prison. So would you like for me to release for you the man who you Jews say is your king?”

LEB But it is your custom that I release for you one prisoner[fn] at the Passover. So do you want me[fn] to release for you the king of the Jews?”

18:39 *The word “prisoner” is not in the Greek text, but is implied

18:39 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation

BBE But every year you make a request to me to let a prisoner go free at the Passover. Is it your desire that I let the King of the Jews go free?

Moff But it is your custom that I should release a prisoner for you at the passover. Is it your will that I release you the king of the Jews?"

Wymth But you have a custom that I should release one prisoner to you at the Passover. So shall I 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?

DRA But you have a custom that I should release one unto you at the pasch: will you, therefore, that I release unto you the king of the Jews?

YLT and ye have a custom that I shall release to you one in the passover; will ye, therefore, [that] I shall release to you the king of the Jews?'

Drby 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?

RV 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?
(But ye/you_all have a custom, that I should release unto you one at the passover: will ye/you_all therefore that I release unto you the King of the Jews? )

SLT But a custom is to you, that I loose one to you in the pascha: will ye therefore I should loose to you the King of the Jews.

Wbstr But ye have a custom that I should release to you one at the passover: will ye therefore that I release to you the King of the Jews?

KJB-1769 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?
(But ye/you_all have a custom, that I should release unto you one at the passover: will ye/you_all therefore that I release unto you the King of the Jews? )

KJB-1611 But yee haue a custome that I should release vnto you one at the Passeouer: will ye therefore that I release vnto you the king of the Iewes?
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)

Bshps Ye haue a custome, that I shoulde deliuer you one loose at ye Passouer: Wyll ye that I loose vnto you the kyng of the Iewes?
(Ye/You_all have a custom, that I should deliver you one loose at ye/you_all Passover: Will ye/you_all that I loose unto you the king of the Yews?)

Gnva But you haue a custome, that I shoulde deliuer you one loose at the Passeouer: will yee then that I loose vnto you the King of ye Iewes?
(But you have a custom, that I should deliver you one loose at the Passover: will ye/you_all then that I loose unto you the King of ye/you_all Yews? )

Cvdl But ye haue a custome, that I shulde geue one vnto you lowse at Easter. Wyl ye now yt I lowse vnto you the kynge of ye Iewes?
(But ye/you_all have a custom, that I should give one unto you lowse at Easter. Wyl ye/you_all now it I lowse unto you the king of ye/you_all Yews?)

TNT Ye have a custome that I shuld delyver you one lowsse at ester. Will ye that I lowse vnto you the kynge of the Iewes.
(Ye/You_all have a custom that I should delyver you one lowsse at ester. Will ye/you_all that I lowse unto you the king of the Yews. )

Wycl But it is a custom to you, that Y delyuere oon to you in pask; therfor wole ye that Y delyuere to you the kyng of Jewis?
(But it is a custom to you, that I deliver one to you in pask; therefore will ye/you_all that I deliver to you the king of Yews?)

Luth Ihr habt aber eine Gewohnheit, daß ich euch einen auf Ostern losgebe; wollt ihr nun, daß ich euch der Juden König losgebe?
(You(pl) have but a/one Gewohnheit, that I you a on/in/to Easter/Passover losgebe; wanted you(pl)/their/her now, that I you the/of_the Yews king losgebe?)

ClVg Est autem consuetudo vobis ut unum dimittam vobis in Pascha: vultis ergo dimittam vobis regem Judæorum?[fn]
(It_is however consuetudo to_you(pl) as one let_me_go to_you(pl) in/into/on Passover: do_you_want therefore let_me_go to_you(pl) the_king Yudahorum? )

18.39 Est autem. Quia in Pascha a servitute liberati sunt, in Pascha hæc consuetudo dimittendi eis fuit.

18.39 It_is however. Because in/into/on Passover from servitude liberated are, in/into/on Passover these_things consuetudo let_gondi to_them it_was.

UGNT ἔστιν δὲ συνήθεια ὑμῖν, ἵνα ἕνα ἀπολύσω ὑμῖν ἐν τῷ Πάσχα; βούλεσθε οὖν ἀπολύσω ὑμῖν τὸν Βασιλέα τῶν Ἰουδαίων?
(estin de sunaʸtheia humin, hina hena apolusō humin en tōi Pasⱪa; boulesthe oun apolusō humin ton Basilea tōn Youdaiōn?)

SBL-GNT ἔστιν δὲ συνήθεια ὑμῖν ἵνα ἕνα ⸂ἀπολύσω ὑμῖν⸃ ἐν τῷ πάσχα· βούλεσθε οὖν ⸄ἀπολύσω ὑμῖν⸅ τὸν βασιλέα τῶν Ἰουδαίων;
(estin de sunaʸtheia humin hina hena ⸂apolusō humin⸃ en tōi pasⱪa; boulesthe oun ⸄apolusō humin⸅ ton basilea tōn Youdaiōn;)

RP-GNT Ἔστιν δὲ συνήθεια ὑμῖν, ἵνα ἕνα ὑμῖν ἀπολύσω ἐν τῷ Πάσχα· βούλεσθε οὖν ὑμῖν ἀπολύσω τὸν βασιλέα τῶν Ἰουδαίων;
(Estin de sunaʸtheia humin, hina hena humin apolusō en tōi Pasⱪa; boulesthe oun humin apolusō ton basilea tōn Youdaiōn;)

TC-GNT Ἔστι δὲ συνήθεια [fn]ὑμῖν, ἵνα ἕνα [fn]ὑμῖν ἀπολύσω ἐν τῷ Πάσχα· βούλεσθε οὖν [fn]ὑμῖν ἀπολύσω τὸν βασιλέα τῶν Ἰουδαίων;
(Esti de sunaʸtheia humin, hina hena humin apolusō en tōi Pasⱪa; boulesthe oun humin apolusō ton basilea tōn Youdaiōn; )

18:39 υμιν ¦ ημιν PCK {Note: Morrill does not document the PCK variant in his collation.}

18:39 υμιν απολυσω [82%] ¦ απολυσω υμιν CT [8.7%]

18:39 υμιν απολυσω [74.3%] ¦ απολυσω υμιν CT [10.9%] ¦ ινα απολυσω υμιν MSS [6%]

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

SOTN SIL Open Translation Notes:

Section 18:28–19:16a: Pilate investigated Jesus and decided that he should die

This section tells how the soldiers took Jesus to the Roman governor, Pilate. Pilate questioned Jesus to find out why the Jews wanted him to punish Jesus with death. He could find no reason to do that. But the Jewish leaders there insisted that Pilate crucify him. Finally, Pilate agreed that Jesus could be crucified.

Here are other possible section headings:

Pilate questioned the Jews and Jesus and sent Jesus to be crucified

Pilate investigated Jesus and decided that he could be punished with death

Jesus’ trial and judgment before Pilate

This section can be divided into seven smaller pieces, where each piece is a separate event. Jews often arranged written materials to include seven related pieces, where the first and last pieces relate, and the second and sixth relate, and the third and fifth relate. Then the middle piece, the fourth, stands alone and is emphasized. That happens in this section as well. Here is a chart showing the seven pieces of this section and how they relate:

18:28–32: Outside the house; Jews ask for Jesus’ death

18:33–38a: Inside the house; Pilate asks Jesus if he is King of the Jews

18:38b–40: Outside the house; Pilate says, “I find no case against him.”

19:1–3: The soldiers beat Jesus with a whip and pretend that he is the king of the Jews

19:4–8: Outside the house; Pilate says, “I find no case against him.”

19:8–11: Inside the house; Pilate asks Jesus where he came from

19:12–16a: Outside the house; Pilate allows Jews to crucify Jesus

The middle piece, 19:1–3, is different from all the other pieces. Pilate is only mentioned and is not an important person in this event. That is different from all the other pieces. This middle piece therefore is emphasized. The only ones who seem to worship Jesus in the whole section do so in this middle piece. However, they only pretend to worship and are very cruel as they mock Jesus.

In your translation, you may want to find ways to emphasize 19:1–3. Also, try to translate this section in ways that make it possible to see the connections between the pieces.

Paragraph 18:38b–40

In this paragraph, Pilate tried to release Jesus. He thought that Jesus was innocent. So he offered to free Jesus for the celebration of a Jewish feast. But the leaders of the Jews and the crowd were determined to have Jesus crucified. They asked Pilate to release a criminal named Barabbas instead.

18:39a

But it is your custom that I release to you one prisoner at the Passover.

But I always release one prisoner for you^(plur) at the time of the Passover feast.
However, every year at the time of the feast called Death-Passed-Over-Us, I release one prisoner from prison to be kind to you^(plur).
But because it is the custom to release one prisoner at Death-Passed-Over-Us time as a kindness to you^(plur),

But it is your custom that I release to you one prisoner at the Passover: At that time there was a custom that each year Pilate freed one Jewish prisoner at Passover. This was his way to please the Jews and help them to celebrate their holy day.

But it is your custom: The clause it is your custom is more literally “There is a custom for/to you.” The custom was Pilate’s custom for the benefit of the Jews. Here is another way to translate this clause:

And because I usually free a prisoner for you at Passover…

your: This pronoun is plural and refers to the Jews in general.

I release to you one prisoner: The phrase release…one prisoner means “to free one person who is in prison.”

to you: The phrase to you means “for your benefit.” The pronoun you is plural and refers to the Jews in general.

at the Passover: Pilate offered to free one person from prison in order to make the Passover season more joyful for the Jews. It is good to use an expression that will help your readers understand that Passover was a Jewish celebration. For example:

at Passover time/season

during your Passover celebrations

Passover: Passover was a Jewish feast day. At this feast the Jews remembered how God saved them from being slaves in Egypt long ago. At that time, God “passed over” their homes and none of them died. See the note at 18:28f, and see how you translated the word there.

18:39b

So then, do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?”

Do you^(plur) want me to free for you the one called the ‘king of the Jews?’”
Should I free your^(plur) king, the king of the Jews, for you?”
I can release your^(plur) King as a kindness to you, if you want me to.”

So then, do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?: This is a real question. It is also a suggestion. Pilate hoped that the answer would be “yes.” He wanted the crowd to ask him to release Jesus.

to you: The pronoun you is plural and refers to the Jewish leaders that were there (see 18:38b).

the King of the Jews: This title refers to Jesus. It is the same title as in 18:33. In this context, however, Pilate was talking to the Jews themselves. So it may be natural to use a second person pronoun. For example:

your^(plur) King

the King of you^(plur) Jewish people

Parallel YHN 18:39

Section 18:28–19:16a: Pilate investigated Jesus and decided that he should die

Paragraph 18:38b–40

18:39a

18:39b

Jesus’ Arrest, Trial, Crucifixion, and Burial