Luke 23:17
For it was necessary that he should release to them one at the feast.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
(For of necessity he must release one unto them at the feast.)
In Context
16I will, therefore, chastise him, and release him.
18And the whole multitude cried out, saying: Away with this man, and release to us Barabbas.
Cross References
Mark 15:6Now it was his custom to release to them, at the feast, one prisoner, whomever they desired.
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 →