John 18:39
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?”
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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?
KJV
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?
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19 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἔστιν | estin | It is | G1510 → |
| δὲ | de | however | G1161 → |
| συνήθεια | sunētheia | a custom | G4914 → |
| ὑμῖν | humin | with you | G4771 → |
| ἵνα | ina | that | G2443 → |
| ἕνα | hena | one | G1520 → |
| ἀπολύσω | apolusō | I may release | G630 → |
| ὑμῖν | humin | to you | G4771 → |
| ἐν | en | at | G1722 → |
| τῷ | tō | the | G3588 → |
| πάσχα· | pascha | Passover; | G3957 → |
| βούλεσθε | boulesthe | wish you | G1014 → |
| οὖν | oun | therefore | G3767 → |
| ἀπολύσω | apolusō | I may release | G630 → |
| ὑμῖν | humin | to you | G4771 → |
| τὸν | ton | the | G3588 → |
| βασιλέα | basilea | King | G935 → |
| τῶν | tōn | of the | G3588 → |
| Ἰουδαίων; | Ioudaiōn | Jews? | G2453 → |
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