17Now he must needs release unto them at the feast one prisoner.


In Context

14 and said unto them, Ye brought unto me this man, as one that perverteth the people: and behold, I having examined him before you, found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse him:

15 no, nor yet Herod: for he sent him back unto us; and behold, nothing worthy of death hath been done by him.

16 I will therefore chastise him, and release him.

17 Now he must needs release unto them at the feast one prisoner.

18 But they cried out all together, saying, Away with this man, and release unto us Barabbas: --

19 one who for a certain insurrection made in the city, and for murder, was cast into prison.

Luke 23:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:17(For of necessity he must release one unto them at the feast.)

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

23:17Now of necessity he was to release unto them one upon the feast day.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:17( Now he was obliged to release one for them at the feast.)

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

23:17

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:17(For of necessity he must release one to them at the feast.)

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:17Now he had to release one prisoner to them at the feast.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

23:17for it was necessary for him to release to them one at every feast,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:17(For of necessity he must release one to them at the feast.)