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(For of necessity he must release one unto them at the Feast.)
[Now he was obligated to release to them one prisoner at the Feast.]
For it was necessary for him to release to them one prisoner at the Feast.
(For of necessity he must release one unto them at the feast.)
I will just have him beaten with a whip and set free.”
( Now he was obliged to release one for them at the feast.)
Now of necessity he was to release unto them one upon the feast day.
[Pilate usually let one person go free out of the prison at Passover time.]
Pilate needed to release one prisoner to them at the Festival.
| Every year at the Passover Feast, Pilate had to release one prisoner to the people.|
(For of necessity he must have let one loose unto them at the feast.)
[ For according to the festival he had to release someone to them.]
[Every year at the Passover Feast, Pilate had to release one prisoner to the people.]
Now he was obligated to release someone for them at the festival.
But they all yelled as one man, “Take this man away! We want Barabbas set free!” (Barabbas was a man who had been put in prison for causing a riot in the city and for murder.) But Pilate wanted to set Jesus free and he called out to them again, but they shouted back at him, “Crucify, crucify him!”
(For of necessity he must release one unto them at the feast.)
(For of necessity he must release one unto them at the feast.)
(For of necessity he must release one unto them at the feast.)
[Now he was obliged to release to them at the feast one prisoner.]
But now a mighty roar rose from the crowd as with one voice they shouted. “Kill him, and release Barabbas to us!”
For he was obligated to release one man to them at the feast.
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[Now he was obligated to release to them at the feast one prisoner.]
[Now he was obliged to release to them at the feast one prisoner.]
[ Now Pilate was obliged to release one man to them at the time of the festival.]
[ Every year at the Passover Feast, Pilate had to release one prisoner to the people.]
So I will just have him whipped and let him go.”
(for it was necessary for him to release one to them at the feast).
*Every year at the time of the special supper, Pilate would let one person who was in prison go free.
(For custom constrained Pilate to release one prisoner to them at that feast.)
[Now he was obliged to release to them one at the Chag (Festival).]
(For it was necessary that he release one to them at the Feast.)
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[ It was the custom for Pilate to set one prisoner free during the holiday festivities.]
Now he had to release one prisoner to them at the feast.
At the feast Pilate always let one man go free.
But he must needs deliver to them one by the feast day. [Forsooth he had need to dismiss, or deliver, to them one by the feast day.]
for it was necessary for him to release to them one at every feast,
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