Lucas 23:17

17 Y tenía necesidad de soltarles uno en cada fiesta.

Lucas 23:17 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 23:17

For of necessity he must release one
And therefore proposed to release Jesus

unto them at the feast;
of passover, which now was; not that there was any law that obliged to it, but it having been customary with the Roman governor to do so, the people expected it; custom had made it necessary: and so the Syriac, Arabic, and Persic versions render it, "it was a custom to release" not at each feast, or every feast, as the last of these versions read, only at the passover, as is expressed, ( John 18:39 ) .

Lucas 23:17 In-Context

15 Y ni aun Herodes; porque os remití á él, y he aquí, ninguna cosa digna de muerte ha hecho.

16 Le soltaré, pues, castigado.

17 Y tenía necesidad de soltarles uno en cada fiesta.

18 Mas toda la multitud dió voces á una, diciendo: Quita á éste, y suéltanos á Barrabás:

19 (El cual había sido echado en la cárcel por una sedición hecha en la ciudad, y una muerte.