The Crowd Chooses Barabbas
Luke 23:17
In 8 translations
- KJV
- (For of necessity he must release one unto them at the feast.)
- WEB
- Now he had to release one prisoner to them at the feast.NU omits verse 17.
- ASV
- Many ancient authorities insert v. 17. Now he must needs release unto them at the feast one prisoner. Comp. Mat 27:15; Mrk 15:6; Jhn 18:39. Others add the same words after v. 19.
- LSV
- [[for it was necessary for him to release to them one at every celebration,]]
- YLT
- for it was necessary for him to release to them one at every feast,
- DBY
- (Now he was obliged to release one for them at the feast.)
- DRC
- Now of necessity he was to release unto them one upon the feast day.
- GNV
- (For of necessitie hee must haue let one loose vnto them at the feast.)
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- In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include ἀνάγκην δέ εἶχεν ἀπολύειν αὐτοῖς κατὰ ἑορτὴν ἕνα (“necessity now had to release to them according to feast one”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
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Original-language editions
- RP2018
- Ἀνάγκην δὲ εἶχεν ἀπολύειν αὐτοῖς κατὰ ἑορτὴν ἕνα.
- TR-Boyd
- Ἀνάγκην δὲ εἶχεν ἀπολύειν αὐτοῖς κατὰ ἑορτὴν ἕνα.
- SCR1894
- αναγκην δε ειχεν απολυειν αυτοις κατα εορτην ενα
Who and where
◆ Holy Week◆ Roman Trials
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In the reference works topics that cite this verse
DemagogismComplicityPilate, PontiusPoliticsCriminalsOpinion, PublicHumiliation of ChristPassoverFeast of the Passover, ThePrisoners
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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- Some manuscripts have no text here. Some have text similar to Mat.27:15; Mrk.15:6.