For of necessity he must release one,.... And therefore proposed to release Jesusunto 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.
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Luke 23:17
Luke 23:17
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