John 18:39 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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 have a custom - Nothing relative to the origin or reason of this custom is known. Commentators have swam in an ocean of conjecture on this point. They have lost their labor, and made nothing out: see the notes on Matthew 27:15; Luke 23:17.