Luke 23:17

17 necesse autem habebat dimittere eis per diem festum unum

Luke 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 ) .

Luke 23:17 In-Context

15 sed neque Herodes nam remisi vos ad illum et ecce nihil dignum morte actum est ei

16 emendatum ergo illum dimittam

17 necesse autem habebat dimittere eis per diem festum unum

18 exclamavit autem simul universa turba dicens tolle hunc et dimitte nobis Barabban

19 qui erat propter seditionem quandam factam in civitate et homicidium missus in carcere