Luke 23:17 · KJV
"(For of necessity he must release one unto them at the feast.)"
King James Version
What does Luke 23:17 mean? →Passage Context
15No, nor yet Herod: for I sent you to him; and, lo, nothing worthy of death is done unto him.
16I will therefore chastise him, and release him.
17(For of necessity he must release one unto them at the feast.)
18And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this man, and release unto us Barabbas:
19(Who for a certain sedition made in the city, and for murder, was cast into prison.)
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