World English Bible
Luke 23:17
“Now he had to release one prisoner to them at the feast.”
Verse in context — Luke 23
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Neither has Herod, for I sent you to him, and see, nothing worthy of death has been done by him.
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I will therefore chastise him and release him.
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Now he had to release one prisoner to them at the feast.
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But they all cried out together, saying, "Away with this man! Release to us Barabbas!"--
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one who was thrown into prison for a certain revolt in the city, and for murder.
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