John 18:39
Douay-Rheims
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?
John Chrysostom
(Hom. lxxxiii) He did not say, He has sinned and is worthy of death; yet release Him at the feast; but acquitting Him in the first place, he does more than he need do, and asks it as a favour, that, if they are unwilling to let Him go as innocent, they will at any rate allow Him the benefit of the season: But ye have a custom, that I should release one unto you at the passover.
Source details
A.D. 407 · as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on John 18:38-40
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.