Now he had to release one prisoner to them at the feast.
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Now he had to release one prisoner to them at the feast.
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For of necessite he must have let one lowse vnto them at that feast.
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(For of necessitie hee must haue let one loose vnto them at the feast.)
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 17 (For of necessity he must release one unto…
17 (For of necessity he must release one unto them at the feast.)
Ver. 17. For of necessity] Tyrannus ille trium literarum Mos, would needs have it so. See Joh 18:29; Mat 27:15.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain For of necessity he must release one,.... And therefore…
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", &c. not at each feast, or every feast, as the last of these versions read, only at the passover, as is expressed, Joh 18:39.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 17. For of necessity he must release one]…
Verse 17. For of necessity he must release one] That is, he was under the necessity of releasing one at this feast. The custom, however it originated, had now been so completely established that Pilate was obliged to attend to it. See Clarke on Mt 27:15.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain See the notes at Mat 27:15.
See the notes at Mat 27:15.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 17. For of necessity, &c.] Rather, But. The whole…
17. For of necessity, &c.] Rather, But. The whole verse, however, is of dubious genuineness, and may have come from a marginal gloss. It is omitted in A, B, K, L. In D it is placed after Luk_23:19. The Gospels are our sole authority for this concession, which is, however, entirely in accordance with Roman policy.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (17) For of necessity he must release one unto…
(17) For of necessity he must release one unto them.—Literally, he had a necessity. The better MSS. are singularly divided as to this verse. Most omit it altogether. One, followed by some of the versions, has it after Luk_23:19. It would seem probable from these facts that the narrative was originally written without it, that it was then felt that the release of Barabbas required an explanation, and that a note was first added in the margin, either by a transcriber or by the writer himself in a duplicate copy, and then found its way into the text. The precise form of the phrase, to “have a necessity,” is not found in the other Gospels, but is common to St. Luke (Luk_11:18 and here), and St. Paul (1Co_7:37). It is found also in Heb_7:27; Jude Luk_23:3. On the practice thus described, see Note on Mat_27:15.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain (For of necessity he must release one unto them…
(For of necessity he must release one unto them at the feast. ) Probably, however, before the scourging was inflicted, the attempt to liberate Jesus in accordance with a custom belonging to that feast was made by Pilate. We know it failed, and a condemned robber called Barabbas was preferred by the people. The more ancient authorities omit this verse (17). It probably was introduced at an early period into many manuscripts of St. Luke as a marginal. gloss, as an explanatory statement based on the words of Mat_27:15 or of Mar_15:6. As a Hebrew custom, it is never mentioned save in this place. Such a release was a common incident of a Latin Lectisternium, or feast in honour of the gods. The Greeks had a similar custom at the Thesmophoria. It was probably introduced at Jerusalem by the Roman power.
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