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


In Context

14 said unto them, 'Ye brought to me this man as perverting the people, and lo, I before you having examined, found in this man no fault in those things ye bring forward against him;

15 no, nor yet Herod, for I sent you back unto him, and lo, nothing worthy of death is having been done by him;

16 having chastised, therefore, I will release him,'

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

18 and they cried out — the whole multitude — saying, 'Away with this one, and release to us Barabbas,'

19 who had been, because of a certain sedition made in the city, and murder, 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 American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

23:17Now he must needs release unto them at the feast one prisoner.

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 American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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