American King James Version
"(For of necessity he must release one to them at the feast.) "
— Luke 23:17, American King James Version
Said 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:
No, nor yet Herod: for I sent you to him; and, see, nothing worthy of death is done to him.
I will therefore chastise him, and release him.
(For of necessity he must release one to them at the feast.)
And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this man, and release to us Barabbas:
(Who for a certain sedition made in the city, and for murder, was cast into prison.)
Pilate therefore, willing to release Jesus, spoke again to them.