Luke 23:17
( Now he was obliged to release one for them at the feast.)
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
(For of necessity he must release one unto them at the feast.)
In Context
16Having chastised him therefore, I will release him.
18But they cried out in a mass saying, Away with this [man] and release Barabbas to us;
Cross References
Mark 15:6But at [the] feast he released to them one prisoner, whomsoever they begged [of him].
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 →