Luke 23:17
Now of necessity he was to release unto them one upon the feast day.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
(For of necessity he must release one unto them at the feast.)
In Context
16I will chastise him therefore, and release him.
Cross References
Mark 15:6Now on the festival day he was wont to release unto them one of the prisoners, whomsoever they demanded.
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 →