(For of necessity he must release one to them at the feast.) Context The Crowd Asks for Barabbas
13And Pilate, when he had called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people, 14Said to them, You have brought this man to me, as one that perverts the people: and, behold, I, having examined him before you, have found no fault in this man touching those things whereof you accuse him: 15No, nor yet Herod: for I sent you to him; and, see, nothing worthy of death is done to him. 16I will therefore chastise him, and release him. 17(For of necessity he must release one to them at the feast.) 18And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this man, and release to us Barabbas: 19(Who for a certain sedition made in the city, and for murder, was cast into prison.) 20Pilate therefore, willing to release Jesus, spoke again to them. 21But they cried, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. 22And he said to them the third time, Why, what evil has he done? I have found no cause of death in him: I will therefore chastise him, and let him go. 23And they were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might be crucified. And the voices of them and of the chief priests prevailed. 24And Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required. 25And he released to them him that for sedition and murder was cast into prison, whom they had desired; but he delivered Jesus to their will. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
Now he must needs release unto them at the feast one prisoner.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Now of necessity he was to release unto them one upon the feast day.
Darby Bible Translation
( Now he was obliged to release one for them at the feast.)
King James Bible
(For of necessity he must release one unto them at the feast.)
Young's Literal Translation
for it was necessary for him to release to them one at every feast,
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