Luke 23:17
Now he had need to release one man to them at every feast.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
(For of necessity he must release one unto them at the feast.)
In Context
16Therefore, having scourged I will release him.
18But they cried out all together, saying, Take away this man, and release to us Barabbas
Cross References
Mark 15:6Now during a feast he released to them one prisoner, whomever they requested.
Matthew Henry on Luke 23:14-26
Barabbas Preferred to Christ. 13 And Pilate, when he had called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people, 14 Said unto them, Ye have brought this man unto me, as one that perverteth the people: and, behold, I, having examined him before you, have found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse him: 15 No, nor yet Herod: for I sent you to him; and, lo, nothing worthy of death is done unto him. 16 I will therefore chastise him, and release him. 17 (For of necessity he must release… Read the whole commentary →