Luke 23:17

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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 No, nor does Herod; for he has sent him back to us; and, you see, there is nothing he has done that deserves death.

16 I will therefore give him a light punishment and release him."

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18 Then the whole multitude burst out into a shout. "Away with this man," they said, "and release Barabbas to us"

19 --Barabbas! who had been lodged in jail for some time in connexion with a riot which had occurred in the city, and for murder