Luke 23:17
For of necessite he must have let one lowse vnto them at that feast.
Tyndale New Testament
In The King James Version
(For of necessity he must release one unto them at the feast.)
In Context
16I will therfore chasten him and let him lowsse.
18And all the people cryed at once sayinge: awaye with him and delyvre to vs Barrabas:
Cross References
Mark 15:6At that feast Pilate was wont to delivre at their pleasure a presoner: whomsoever they wolde desyre.
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 →