Luke 23:17
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Now of necessity he was to release unto them one upon the feast day.

Matthew 27:15 Now upon the solemn day the governor was accustomed to release to the people one prisoner, whom they would.

Mark 15:6 Now on the festival day he was wont to release unto them one of the prisoners, whomsoever they demanded.

John 18:39 But you have a custom that I should release one unto you at the Pasch. Will you, therefore, that I release unto you the king of the Jews?

Context
The Crowd Chooses Barabbas
…Now of necessity he was to release unto them one upon the feast day.…
Cross References
Matthew 27:15
Now upon the solemn day the governor was accustomed to release to the people one prisoner, whom they would.

Luke 23:16
I will chastise him therefore and release him.

Luke 23:18
But the whole multitude together cried out, saying: Away with this man, and release unto us Barabbas:

Lexicon
Now
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1161: A weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.

of necessity
Ἀνάγκην (Anankēn)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 318: Necessity, constraint, compulsion; there is need to; force, violence.

he had
εἴχεν (eichen)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2192: To have, hold, possess.

to release
ἀπολύειν (apolyein)
Verb - Present Infinitive Active
Strong's Greek 630: To release, let go, send away, divorce, to be rid; to depart.

to them
αὐτοῖς (autois)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same.

one
ἕνα (hena)
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 1520: One.

at
κατὰ (kata)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 2596: Genitive: against, down from, throughout, by; accusative: over against, among, daily, day-by-day, each day, according to, by way of.

[the] feast.
ἑορτὴν (heortēn)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 1859: A festival, feast, periodically recurring.


Additional Translations
(For of necessity he must release one to them at the feast.)

Now he must needs release unto them at the feast one prisoner.

( Now he was obliged to release one for them at the feast.)



(For of necessity he must release one to them at the feast.)



Now he had to release one prisoner to them at the feast.

for it was necessary for him to release to them one at every feast,
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